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.
Published: 2015-05-14
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2805 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2602-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Mozilla Firefox
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.561Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-2715

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-05-14T10:59:08.117

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

Link: CVE-2015-2715

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2715 - Bugzilla

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