usn-2743-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Andrew Osmond, Olli Pettay, Andrew Sutherland, Christian Holler, David Major, Andrew McCreight, Cameron McCormack, Bob Clary and Randell Jesup discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4500, CVE-2015-4501)
André Bargull discovered that when a web page creates a scripted proxy for the window with a handler defined a certain way, a reference to the inner window will be passed, rather than that of the outer window. (CVE-2015-4502)
Felix Gröbert discovered an out-of-bounds read in the QCMS color management library in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-4504)
Khalil Zhani discovered a buffer overflow when parsing VP9 content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4506)
Spandan Veggalam discovered a crash while using the debugger API in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website whilst using the debugger, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4507)
Juho Nurminen discovered that the URL bar could display the wrong URL in reader mode in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2015-4508)
A use-after-free was discovered when manipulating HTML media content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4509)
Looben Yang discovered a use-after-free when using a shared worker with IndexedDB in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4510)
Francisco Alonso discovered an out-of-bounds read during 2D canvas rendering in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-4512)
Jeff Walden discovered that changes could be made to immutable properties in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary script in a privileged scope. (CVE-2015-4516)
Ronald Crane reported multiple vulnerabilities. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4517, CVE-2015-4521, CVE-2015-4522, CVE-2015-7174, CVE-2015-7175, CVE-2015-7176, CVE-2015-7177, CVE-2015-7180)
Mario Gomes discovered that dragging and dropping an image after a redirect exposes the redirected URL to scripts. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-4519)
Ehsan Akhgari discovered 2 issues with CORS preflight requests. An attacker could potentially exploit these to bypass CORS restrictions. (CVE-2015-4520)
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{
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{
"id": "CVE-2015-4500",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4501",
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"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4502",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4504",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4506",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4507",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4508",
"severity": [
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4509",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4510",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4512",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4516",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4517",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4519",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4520",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4521",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-4522",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-7174",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-7175",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-7176",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-7177",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-7180",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "firefox",
"binary_version": "41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "firefox-globalmenu",
"binary_version": "41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols",
"binary_version": "41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "firefox-testsuite",
"binary_version": "41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "firefox",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"24.0+build1-0ubuntu1",
"25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1",
"28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2",
"28.0+build1-0ubuntu1",
"28.0+build2-0ubuntu1",
"28.0+build2-0ubuntu2",
"29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
"30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3",
"31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
"35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
"36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
"40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
"40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Andrew Osmond, Olli Pettay, Andrew Sutherland, Christian Holler, David\nMajor, Andrew McCreight, Cameron McCormack, Bob Clary and Randell Jesup\ndiscovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking\nFirefox. (CVE-2015-4500, CVE-2015-4501)\n\nAndr\u00e9 Bargull discovered that when a web page creates a scripted proxy\nfor the window with a handler defined a certain way, a reference to the\ninner window will be passed, rather than that of the outer window.\n(CVE-2015-4502)\n\nFelix Gr\u00f6bert discovered an out-of-bounds read in the QCMS color\nmanagement library in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to\nopening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit\nthis to cause a denial of service via application crash, or obtain\nsensitive information. (CVE-2015-4504)\n\nKhalil Zhani discovered a buffer overflow when parsing VP9 content in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of\nservice via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the\nprivileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4506)\n\nSpandan Veggalam discovered a crash while using the debugger API in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite whilst using the debugger, an attacker could potentially exploit\nthis to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking\nFirefox. (CVE-2015-4507)\n\nJuho Nurminen discovered that the URL bar could display the wrong URL in\nreader mode in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a\nspecially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\nconduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2015-4508)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered when manipulating HTML media content in\nsome circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a\ndenial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with\nthe privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4509)\n\nLooben Yang discovered a use-after-free when using a shared worker with\nIndexedDB in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a\nspecially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\ncause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code\nwith the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4510)\n\nFrancisco Alonso discovered an out-of-bounds read during 2D canvas\nrendering in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a\nspecially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\nobtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-4512)\n\nJeff Walden discovered that changes could be made to immutable properties\nin some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute\narbitrary script in a privileged scope. (CVE-2015-4516)\n\nRonald Crane reported multiple vulnerabilities. If a user were tricked in\nto opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially\nexploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or\nexecute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.\n(CVE-2015-4517, CVE-2015-4521, CVE-2015-4522, CVE-2015-7174,\nCVE-2015-7175, CVE-2015-7176, CVE-2015-7177, CVE-2015-7180)\n\nMario Gomes discovered that dragging and dropping an image after a\nredirect exposes the redirected URL to scripts. An attacker could\npotentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-4519)\n\nEhsan Akhgari discovered 2 issues with CORS preflight requests. An\nattacker could potentially exploit these to bypass CORS restrictions.\n(CVE-2015-4520)\n",
"id": "USN-2743-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
"published": "2015-09-22T22:08:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2743-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4500"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4501"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4502"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4504"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4506"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4507"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4508"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4509"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4510"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4512"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4516"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4517"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4519"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4520"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4521"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4522"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7174"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7175"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7176"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7177"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7180"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "firefox vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4500",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4501",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4502",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4504",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4506",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4507",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4508",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4509",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4510",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4512",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4516",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4517",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4519",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4520",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4521",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4522",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7174",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7175",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7176",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7177",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7180"
]
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.