Mozilla: Use-after-free in IndexedDB (MFSA 2015-16)
Published Feb 25, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.16%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::IndexedDB::IDBObjectStore::CreateIndex function in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted content that is improperly handled during IndexedDB index creation.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 31.4
- 31.0
- 31.1.2
- 31.2
- 31.3
Configuration 2
- ≤ 35.0.1
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.15
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
- 3.0.18
- 3.0.19
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.5.8
- 3.5.9
- 3.5.10
- 3.5.11
- 3.5.12
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
- 3.5.15
- 3.5.16
- 3.5.17
- 3.5.18
- 3.5.19
- 3.6
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.6
- 3.6.7
- 3.6.8
- 3.6.9
- 3.6.10
- 3.6.11
- 3.6.12
- 3.6.13
- 3.6.14
- 3.6.15
- 3.6.16
- 3.6.17
- 3.6.18
- 3.6.19
- 3.6.20
- 3.6.21
- 3.6.22
- 3.6.23
- 3.6.24
- 3.6.25
- 3.6.26
- 3.6.27
- 3.6.28
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 10.0.5
- 10.0.6
- 10.0.7
- 10.0.8
- 10.0.9
- 10.0.10
- 10.0.11
- 10.0.12
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 13.0
- 13.0.1
- 14.0
- 14.0.1
- 15.0
- 15.0.1
- 16.0
- 16.0.1
- 16.0.2
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
- 17.0.6
- 17.0.7
- 17.0.8
- 17.0.9
- 17.0.10
- 17.0.11
- 18.0
- 18.0.1
- 18.0.2
- 19.0
- 19.0.1
- 19.0.2
- 20.0
- 20.0.1
- 21.0
- 22.0
- 23.0
- 23.0.1
- 24.0
- 24.1
- 24.1.1
- 25.0
- 25.0.1
- 26.0
- 27.0
- 27.0.1
- 28.0
- 29.0
- 29.0.1
- 30.0
- 31.0
- 31.1.0
- 32.0
- 33.0
- 34.0.5
Configuration 3
- 31.0
- 31.1.1
- 31.1
- 31.2
- 31.3
- 31.4
- 31.5
Configuration 4
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 5
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:31.5.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0265
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:31.5.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0266
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:31.5.0-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0265
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:31.5.0-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0266
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:31.5.0-2.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0629
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:31.5.0-2.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0265
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:31.5.0-2.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0642
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
xulrunner-0:31.5.0-1.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0265
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:31.5.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0265 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:31.5.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0266 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:31.5.0-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0265 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:31.5.0-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0266 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:31.5.0-2.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0629 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:31.5.0-2.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0265 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:31.5.0-2.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0642 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | xulrunner-0:31.5.0-1.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0265 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.16% (0.04160) | 90.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.16% (0.04160) | 89.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.70% (0.01704) | 80.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.42% (0.05416) | 83.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.70% (0.01704) | 81.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.73% (0.05725) | 93.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 3.12% (0.03121) | 89.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 3.00% (0.02995) | 89.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.93% (0.02929) | 89.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.