CVE-2015-0805

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

The Off Main Thread Compositing (OMTC) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 makes an incorrect memset call during interaction with the mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors that trigger rendering of 2D graphics content.

The Off Main Thread Compositing (OMTC) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 makes an incorrect memset call during interaction with the mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors that trigger rendering of 2D graphics content.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-04-01 10:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

Mozilla Firefox

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10

14.10

References

openSUSE-SU-2015:0677

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-38.html

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

1031996

USN-2550-1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1135511

GLSA-201512-10

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