CVEs-PoC/2015/CVE-2015-4492.md

CVE-2015-4492

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XMLHttpRequest::Open implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SharedWorker object that makes recursive calls to the open method of an XMLHttpRequest object.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3

Github

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