CVE-2015-0806

high

Description

The Off Main Thread Compositing (OMTC) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 attempts to use memset for a memory region of negative length during interaction with the mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors that trigger rendering of 2D graphics content.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099437

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-38.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-04-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High