CVE-2015-4473

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.29% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3410 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1146213 issue tracking vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182711 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-79.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2712-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3 vendor advisory broken link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1682.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178890 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1 vendor advisory broken link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-4473?
CVE-2015-4473 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-4473?
To fix CVE-2015-4473, 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-2015-4473 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-4473 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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