cve/2015/CVE-2015-4492.md

### [CVE-2015-4492](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4492)
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### Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XMLHttpRequest::Open implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SharedWorker object that makes recursive calls to the open method of an XMLHttpRequest object.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

#### Github
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