CVE-2015-2715

NameCVE-2015-2715
DescriptionRace condition in the nsThreadManager::RegisterCurrentThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and heap memory corruption) by leveraging improper Media Decoder Thread creation at the time of a shutdown.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
iceweaselsourcesqueeze(not affected)
iceweaselsourcewheezy(not affected)
iceweaselsourcejessie(not affected)
iceweaselsource(unstable)38.0-1

Notes

[jessie] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects 37.x)
[wheezy] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects 37.x)
[squeeze] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects 37.x)
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