CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-2743

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

PDF.js in Mozilla Firefox before version 39.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1 enables excessive privileges for internal Workers, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a Same Origin Policy bypass.

Risk Assessment

Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code remotely, posing a significant security threat to systems using vulnerable versions of the browser.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Mozilla Firefox to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PDF.js in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1 enables excessive privileges for internal Workers, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a Same Origin Policy bypass.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS