CVE-2015-2715

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Race condition in the nsThreadManager::RegisterCurrentThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and heap memory corruption) by leveraging improper Media Decoder Thread creation at the time of a shutdown.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 14, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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