CVE-2015-4482 (GCVE-0-2015-4482)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-16 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
mar_read.c in the Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted name of a Mozilla Archive (aka MAR) file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76294 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184500 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfs… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2015-08-11 00:00
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