First published: Sun Aug 16 2015(Updated: )
mar_read.c in the Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted name of a Mozilla Archive (aka MAR) file.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
openSUSE | =13.1 | |
openSUSE | =13.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | <=39.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.1.0 | |
Oracle Solaris SPARC | =11.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.1.0 |
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CVE-2015-4482 has a medium severity rating as it allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.
To fix CVE-2015-4482, update Mozilla Firefox to version 40.0 or later or Firefox ESR to version 38.2 or later.
CVE-2015-4482 affects Mozilla Firefox versions before 40.0 and Firefox ESR versions before 38.2.
Yes, CVE-2015-4482 can potentially lead to data loss due to the out-of-bounds write vulnerability.
CVE-2015-4482 is a local vulnerability that requires local user access to exploit.