UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0824

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0824

    Published: 25 Feb 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0824
    Aliases:
    USN-2505-1

    Summary:

    Details: The mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface function in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write of zero values, and application crash) via vectors that trigger use of DrawTarget and the Cairo library for image drawing.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0824, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-22/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095925, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-22.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2505-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0824

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

    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