Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-4497
CVE-2015-4497
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanvasRenderingContext2D implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between resize events and changes to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences for a CANVAS element.
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Affected products
24cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:40.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <38.2.1
- (no CPE)range: <40.0.3
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP1-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 31.0-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 31.0-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 31.0-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.2.1esr-45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.2.1esr-17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.2.1esr-17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.2.1esr-17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.2.1esr-45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.2.1esr-45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.2.1esr-45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.19.2.0-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.19.2.0-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.19.2.0-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.19.2.0-26.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-94.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76502nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033397nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1nvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-406nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
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