Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-2715
CVE-2015-2715
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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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=37.0.2
- (no CPE)range: <38.0
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-53.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06nvd
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