UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0806

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0806

    Published: 1 Apr 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0806
    Aliases:
    USN-2550-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0806, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-38/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2550-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0806

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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