UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4516

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4516

    Published: 22 Sept 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4516
    Aliases:
    USN-2743-1

    Summary:

    Details: Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 allows remote attackers to bypass certain ECMAScript 5 (aka ES5) API protection mechanisms and modify immutable properties, and consequently execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges, via a crafted web page that does not use ES5 APIs.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4516, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-109/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2743-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4516

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    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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