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Cent OS: CVE-2015-4484: CESA-2015:1586 (firefox)

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Cent OS: CVE-2015-4484: CESA-2015:1586 (firefox)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/15/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The js::jit::AssemblerX86Shared::lock_addl function in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging the use of shared memory and accessing (1) an Atomics object or (2) a SharedArrayBuffer object.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-firefox

References

  • DSA-3333
  • CVE-2015-4484
  • USN-2702-1
  • USN-2702-2

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