VDB
GHSA-xwcx-vhr3-5qc7
GHSA-xwcx-vhr3-5qc7
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.199999809265137 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.199999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-xwcx-vhr3-5qc7
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References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141081 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00044.html url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74247 url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032171 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2706 advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00046.html url
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-45.html url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2571-1 advisory