CVE-2015-4516

Firefox < 40.0.3 - Remote Code Execution via ES5 API Protection Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 allows remote attackers to bypass certain ECMAScript 5 (aka ES5) API protection mechanisms and modify immutable properties, and consequently execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges, via a crafted web page that does not use ES5 APIs.

References (11)

Core 11

Core References

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=904886

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76815

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-109.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0135

EPSS Percentile 80.4%

Details

CWE

CWE-254

Status published

Products (1)

mozilla/firefox < 40.0.3

Published Sep 24, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026