CVE-2015-2716: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-2716 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 7.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 6Timeline
- 14-05-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability 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
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 7.23% 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.
Redhat4 products
- expat< 0:2.1.0-11.el7 | < 0:2.1.0-11.el7_7
- expat-debuginfo< 0:2.1.0-11.el7 | < 0:2.1.0-11.el7_7
- expat-devel< 0:2.1.0-11.el7 | < 0:2.1.0-11.el7_7
- expat-static< 0:2.1.0-11.el7 | < 0:2.1.0-11.el7_7
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≤ 37.0.2 | 31.0 | 31.1.0 | 31.1.1 | 31.3.0 | 31.5.1 | 31.5.2 | 31.5.3
- firefox esr31.1 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 31.6.0
- thunderbird≤ 31.5
Novell3 products
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:31.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.1 | 13.2
Oracle1 product
- solarisEOL11.3
6 vendors · 14 products
References
34 links- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/X Refsource CONFIRM
- hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr31/rev/2f3e78643f5cX Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 34 references
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365X Refsource CONFIRM
