The IndexedDatabaseManager class in the IndexedDB implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1 misinterprets an unspecified IDBDatabase field as a pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to a "type confusion" issue.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-2728 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the version of thunderbird package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1207 | 2015-07-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1207 | 2015-07-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1207 | 2015-07-03 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected |
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