CVE-2015-2716

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 15
Modified
Published: 14 May 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 05:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
5.61% LOW
6% probability +0.11%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 May 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 05:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 5.61%• Percentile: 91%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Firefox

    ≤ 37.0.2 | 31.0 | 31.1.0 | 31.1.1 | 31.3.0 | 31.5.1 | 31.5.2 | 31.5.3

  • mozilla•firefox_esr

    31.1 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 31.6.0

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    ≤ 31.5

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

    12.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    12.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

    12.0

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

  • Unknown•Solaris

    11.3

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