CVE-2015-4512

Published: 22 September 2015

gfx/2d/DataSurfaceHelpers.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 on Linux improperly attempts to use the Cairo library with 32-bit color-depth surface creation followed by 16-bit color-depth surface display, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by using a CANVAS element to trigger 2D rendering.

Status

References

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-107/
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2743-1
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4512
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian