CVE-2015-0805

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - security@mozilla.org

Published

2015-04-01

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-17

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Firefox (Mozilla)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-38.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1135511
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10