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CVE-2015-4509

HIGHEPSS 93th pctl
7.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the HTMLVideoElement interface in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript code that modifies the URI table of a media element, aka ZDI-CAN-3176.

How to fix

Remediation Available
firefoxUbuntu
Fixed in:41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2743-1
thunderbirdUbuntu
Fixed in:1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2754-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

6.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days
93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

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