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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805545
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Plugin Initialization Use-after-free Vulnerability (Apr 2015) - Mac OS X
Summary:Mozilla Firefox is prone to a use after free vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Mozilla Firefox is prone to a use after free vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The error exists due to a use-after-free
error related to the 'AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent' function that
is triggered when a race condition occurs when plugin initialization fails.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote
attacker to conduct denial-of-service attack and potentially execute arbitrary
code.

Affected Software/OS:
Mozilla Firefox before version 37.0.2
on Mac OS X

Solution:
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 37.0.2
or later.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2706
BugTraq ID: 74247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74247
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032171
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0761 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00044.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0763 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00046.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2571-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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