Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-4512
CVE-2015-4512
Description
gfx/2d/DataSurfaceHelpers.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 on Linux improperly attempts to use the Cairo library with 32-bit color-depth surface creation followed by 16-bit color-depth surface display, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by using a CANVAS element to trigger 2D rendering.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=40.0.3
- (no CPE)range: <41.0
- 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
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References
11- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-107.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76815nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
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