CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-4509

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in the HTMLVideoElement interface in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript code that modifies the URI table of a media element.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain control over the victim's system, posing a significant security risk to the organization.

Recommendation

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

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in the HTMLVideoElement interface in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript code that modifies the URI table of a media element, aka ZDI-CAN-3176.

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