CVE-2015-4495

Published: 7 August 2015

The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
	trusty	Released (39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (39.0.3)
	vivid	Released (39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1)

References

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-78/
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2707-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4495
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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