Description
Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.
Published: 2015-04-24
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2796 Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2571-1 Firefox vulnerability
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.086Z

Reserved: 2015-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2706

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-04-27T11:59:07.237

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2706

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Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2015-04-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2706 - Bugzilla

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