USN-2538-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0817)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-03-22 11:12 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
firefox vulnerabilities
Details

A flaw was discovered in the implementation of typed array bounds checking in the Javascript just-in-time compilation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacked could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-0817)

Mariusz Mlynski discovered a flaw in the processing of SVG format content navigation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this to run arbitrary script in a privileged context. (CVE-2015-0818)

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  "details": "A flaw was discovered in the implementation of typed array bounds checking\nin the Javascript just-in-time compilation. If a user were tricked in to\nopening a specially crafted website, an attacked could exploit this to\nexecute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.\n(CVE-2015-0817)\n\nMariusz Mlynski discovered a flaw in the processing of SVG format content\nnavigation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could exploit this to run arbitrary script in a\nprivileged context. (CVE-2015-0818)\n",
  "id": "USN-2538-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-03-22T11:12:48Z",
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