CVE-2015-7196: mozilla firefox DEPRECATED: Code
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-7196 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) DEPRECATED: Code vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 7Timeline
- 05-11-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4, when a Java plugin is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect garbage collection and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Java applet that deallocates an in-use JavaScript wrapper.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.66%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.66% 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≤ 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
21 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 21 references
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140616X Refsource CONFIRM