CVE-2015-4501 (GCVE-0-2015-4501)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-24 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
15 references
Date Public
2015-09-22 00:00
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Nomenclature
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