CVE-2015-4488 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2015-4488?

CVE-2015-4488 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Aug 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the StyleAnimationValue class in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by leveraging a StyleAnimationValue::operator self assignment.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4488?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Os, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2015-4488?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2015-4488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4488 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-pfmq-4r52-h3xc, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4488.