CVE-2015-4497

Publication date 27 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	15.04 vivid	Fixed 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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References

MITRE
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Launchpad
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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2723-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
27 August 2015

Other references

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-94/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4497