CVE-2015-0823

Summary

CVECVE-2015-0823
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-25 11:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in OpenType Sanitiser, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, might allow remote attackers to trigger problematic Developer Console information or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect macro expansion, related to the ots::ots_gasp_parse function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 preview_release All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 11.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 12.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 12.0 beta6 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 13.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 13.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 14.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 15.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 16.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 16.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 16.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 18.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 18.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 18.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 20.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 20.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 21.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 22.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 23.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 23.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 24.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 24.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 24.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 25.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 26.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 27.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 27.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 28.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 29.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 29.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.21 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.22 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.25 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.26 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.27 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 30.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 32.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 33.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta10 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta11 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta12 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta6 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta7 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta8 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta9 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 7.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 8.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Opentype Sanitiser Project Opentype Sanitiser All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service, Execute Arbitrary Code, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Use-after-free in Developer Console date with OpenType Sanitiser — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0404-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0570-1: moderate: Security update for seamonkey af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox CVE-2015-0823 Use After Free Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1098497 – (CVE-2015-0823) Heap-use-after-free in ots::ots_gasp_parse af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
[ots] Fix (potential) use-after-free bugs · khaledhosny/ots@003c62d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
USN-2505-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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