Use-after-free vulnerability in HTMLSourceElement::BindToTree function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0

CVE-2015-0804 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The HTMLSourceElement::BindToTree function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not properly constrain a data type after omitting namespace validation during certain tree-binding operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted HTML document containing a SOURCE element.

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