CVE-2015-4492

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XMLHttpRequest::Open implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SharedWorker object that makes recursive calls to the open method of an XMLHttpRequest object.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 16, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-4492: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix