CVE-2015-4484

The js::jit::AssemblerX86Shared::lock_addl function in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging the use of shared memory and accessing (1) an Atomics object or (2) a SharedArrayBuffer object.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - security@mozilla.org

Published

2015-08-16

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

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

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-87.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171540
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06