Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified use of the Web Audio API.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-4477 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 6.8 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
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 | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected |