CVE-2015-2724 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-2724?

CVE-2015-2724 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2724?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr, Mozilla Thunderbird, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2724?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-2724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-v5wf-cp9c-vpq4, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2724.