CVE-2015-2706: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-2706 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2Timeline
- 24-04-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.59%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
85%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.02 pp
From 2.57% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mozilla1 product
- firefox≤ 37.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
- firefox< 37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
13 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141081X Refsource CONFIRM