CVE-2015-4509 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the HTMLVideoElement interface of Mozilla Firefox before version 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the URI table of a media element through crafted JavaScript. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
38.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.