CVE-2015-2706 describes a race condition in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 37.0.2, specifically within the AsyncPaintWaitEvent function. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial-of-service condition (use-after-free) through a maliciously crafted plugin that fails to complete its initialization properly. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited over the network with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 37.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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