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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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 |
USN-2602-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
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History
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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
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Ubuntu USN