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title: "CVE-2015-0823\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-0823

Publication date 25 February 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.10.4 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.5 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0823)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0823)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-0823)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0823)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2505-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2505-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 25 February 2015

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-23/>
* <https://github.com/khaledhosny/ots/commit/003c62d28ae438aa8943cb31535563397f838a2c>
* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1098497>
* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-23.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0823>
