CVE-2015-4512 Information

Description

gfx/2d/DataSurfaceHelpers.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 on Linux improperly attempts to use the Cairo library with 32-bit color-depth surface creation followed by 16-bit color-depth surface display which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by using a CANVAS element to trigger 2D rendering.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-107.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76815 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170390