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Critical
CVE-2015-2740
Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1455.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170809
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3324
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2673-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032784
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-66.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032783
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3300
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
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Affected Vendor
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thunderbird, firefox, firefox esr, suse linux enterprise software development kit, ubuntu linux, debian linux, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server, solaris
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 31.0, 31.1.0, 31.1.1, 31.3.0, 31.5.1, 31.5.2, 31.5.3, 38.0, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4, 31.5, 31.6.0, 31.7.0, 12.0, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 7.0, 8.0, 11, 11.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 6th, 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.