CVE-2015-2706

Mozilla: Memory corruption during failed plugin initialization (MFSA 2015-45)

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Severity

Critical

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 20, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of Firefox and Thunderbird package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-416 · Use After Free