CVE-2015-2715

Firefox < 38.0 - Remote Code Execution via Media Decoder Thread Race Condition

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988698

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-53.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0138

EPSS Percentile 80.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (3)

mozilla/firefox < 37.0.2

opensuse/opensuse 13.1

opensuse/opensuse 13.2

Published May 14, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026