FKIE_CVE-2015-4477
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-08-16 01:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:27
Severity
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified use of the Web Audio API.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 15.04 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 | |
| mozilla | firefox | * |
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