Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XMLHttpRequest::Open implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SharedWorker object that makes recursive calls to the open method of an XMLHttpRequest object.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
rpm rhel5	firefox	<0:38.2.0-4.el5_11	0:38.2.0-4.el5_11
rpm rhel6	firefox	<0:38.2.0-4.el6_7	0:38.2.0-4.el6_7
rpm rhel7	firefox	<0:38.2.0-4.el7_1	0:38.2.0-4.el7_1

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-44922. NVD-2015-44923. OSV-2015-4492

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