CVE-2015-4514: mozilla firefox

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-4514

Published 05-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-4514 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.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

7.5/10

010

High · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

4.14%

0%100%

Low · -0.35 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3

MGASA-2015-0447 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 USN-2785-1

Timeline

05-11-2015
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 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 version

v2.07.5

EPSS trend

Probability

4.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.35 pp

From 4.49% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Mozilla1 product

firefox≤ 41.0.2 | 38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | 38.3.0

Ubuntu1 product

firefox< 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

20 links

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77411VDB EntryX Refsource BID
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185157X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205937X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1200326X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=969309X Refsource CONFIRM

Show all 20 references

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1202677X Refsource CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186160X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1196237X Refsource CONFIRM
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-116.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4514REPORT
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-116/REPORT
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2785-1Advisory
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4514REPORT