{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2728","details":"The IndexedDatabaseManager class in the IndexedDB implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1 misinterprets an unspecified IDBDatabase field as a pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to a \"type confusion\" issue.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:01:50.465958Z","published":"2015-07-05T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2656-1","USN-2656-2"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-2728"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2728"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-61/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142210"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-61.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2656-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2656-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2728"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"firefox","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["24.0+build1-0ubuntu1","25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1","28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2","28.0+build1-0ubuntu1","28.0+build2-0ubuntu1","28.0+build2-0ubuntu2","29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"firefox","binary_version":"39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"firefox-dev","binary_version":"39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"firefox-globalmenu","binary_version":"39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"firefox-mozsymbols","binary_version":"39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"firefox-testsuite","binary_version":"39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2728.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}