CVE-2015-2728: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-2728 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% 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 11 · Related 8Timeline
- 06-07-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The IndexedDatabaseManager class in the IndexedDB implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1 misinterprets an unspecified IDBDatabase field as a pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to a "type confusion" issue.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.03 pp
From 4.28% 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 causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mozilla2 products
- firefox31.0 | 31.1.0 | 31.1.1 | 31.3.0 | 31.5.1 | 31.5.2 | 31.5.3 | 38.0 | ≤ 38.1.0
- firefox esr31.1 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 31.6.0 | 31.7.0
Novell2 products
- suse_linux_enterprise_desktop12.0
- suse_linux_enterprise_serverEOL11:sp4 | 12.0
Oracle1 product
- solarisEOL11.3
Ubuntu1 product
- firefox< 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
4 vendors · 6 products
References
21 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
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- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory