CVE-2015-7176: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-7176 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.6% 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
- 24-09-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 uses an incorrect argument to the sscanf function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.68 pp
From 4.35% 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.
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Mozilla1 product
- firefox38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | ≤ 40.0.3
2 vendors · 3 products
References
25 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 25 references
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1174479X Refsource CONFIRM