CVE-2015-7182: mozilla firefox

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7182DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7182

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

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-7182 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 10.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 10% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

9.8/10

010

Critical · v3.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

10.24%

0%100%

Medium · 0.00 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 18 · Related 9

DLA-354-1 DLA-480-1 DSA-3393-1 DSA-3410-1 DSA-3688-1 MGASA-2015-0427+12 more

Timeline

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

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted OCTET STRING data.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

v3.09.8v2.07.5

EPSS trend

Probability

10.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 10.24% 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, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Oracle5 products

Ubuntu3 products

firefox< 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
nss< 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
thunderbird< 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Mozilla2 products

firefox38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | 38.3.0 | ≤ 41.0.2
network_security_services≤ 3.19.2.0 | 3.20.0

Debian1 product

nss< 2:3.20.1-1

4 vendors · 11 products

References

41 links

www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa119X Refsource CONFIRM
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3410Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00021.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1202868X Refsource CONFIRM

Show all 41 references

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.20.1_release_notesX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2791-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00013.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1981.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2819-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787VDB EntryX Refsource BID
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.4_release_notesX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1980.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3393Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.1_release_notesX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/134268/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-nss-Updates.htmlX Refsource MISC
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77416VDB EntryX Refsource BID
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.399753Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-133.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00020.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7182REPORT
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-133/REPORT
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2791-1Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2785-1Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2819-1Advisory
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7182REPORT
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7182Advisory