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High
CVE-2015-2716
Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html
- https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr31/rev/2f3e78643f5c
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-54.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2603-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140537
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
firefox, suse linux enterprise software development kit, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server, opensuse, thunderbird, solaris, firefox esr
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 31.0, 31.1.0, 31.1.1, 31.3.0, 31.5.1, 31.5.2, 31.5.3, 12.0, 13.1, 13.2, 11.3, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4, 31.5, 31.6.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 14th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.