CVE-2015-0823

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in OpenType Sanitiser, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, might allow remote attackers to trigger problematic Developer Console information or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect macro expansion, related to the ots::ots_gasp_parse function.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.44% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00000.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1098497	issue tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72754	vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/khaledhosny/ots/commit/003c62d28ae438aa8943cb31535563397f838a2c	issue tracking patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031791	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-23.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00067.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2505-1	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-0823?: CVE-2015-0823 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-0823?: To fix CVE-2015-0823, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-0823 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2015-0823 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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