CVE-2015-4497

Publication date 27 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this 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

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2723-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 27 August 2015

Other references