CVE-2015-4487

Summary

CVECVE-2015-4487
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-16 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe nsTSubstring::ReplacePrep function in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2, and Firefox OS before 2.2 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to an "overflow."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

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 15.04 All All All
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 15.04 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 All All All
Operating System Mozilla Firefox Os All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1390-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
USN-2702-2: Ubufox update | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2712-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Vulnerabilities found through code inspection — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1528-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1453-1: moderate: Security update for MozillaThunderbir SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3333-1 iceweasel DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-2702-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3410-1 icedove DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-2702-3: Firefox regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1449-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1389-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1454-1: moderate: Security update for MozillaThunderbir SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2081-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
1171603 – (CVE-2015-4487) Overflow nsTSubstring::ReplacePrep causes memory-safety bugs in string library CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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