CVE-2015-4501: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-4501 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 4.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% 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 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 24-09-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.14%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.49 pp
From 4.63% 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≤ 40.0.3
Ubuntu1 product
- firefox< 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
19 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1165706X Refsource CONFIRM
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- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186657X Refsource CONFIRM