CVE-2015-2715

Publication date 13 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Race condition in the nsThreadManager::RegisterCurrentThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and heap memory corruption) by leveraging improper Media Decoder Thread creation at the time of a shutdown.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	15.04 vivid	Fixed 38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2602-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
13 May 2015

Other references

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-53/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2715