CVE-2015-4503

Mozilla: Memory leak in mozTCPSocket to servers (MFSA 2015-97)

Published Sep 24, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
The TCP Socket API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 mishandles array boundaries that were established with a navigator.mozTCPSocket.open method call and send method calls, which allows remote TCP servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by reading packet data, as demonstrated by availability of this API in a Firefox OS application.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4523 The TCP Socket API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 mishandles array boundaries that were established with a navigator.mozTCPSocket.open method call and send method calls, which allows remote TCP servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by reading packet data, as demonstrated by availability of this API in a Firefox OS application.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:18 AM
Reserved
Jun 10, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 24, 2015, 4:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:27 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 22, 2015, 12:00 AM