CVE-2015-2740
published 2015-07-06CVE-2015-2740: 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…
PriorityP340critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EPSS
5.51%
92.8th percentile
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.
Affected
30 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | <= 38.1.0 | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | — | — |
| mozilla | thunderbird | <= 38.0.1 | — |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:31.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 1:31.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv10.0CRITICAL
vendor_redhat10.0CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu4.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-j72f-qxgj-jcpp: Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-2740 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-j72f-qxgj-jcpp: Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39
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.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2015-07-20·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-2721 [MEDIUM] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that NSS incorrectly handled state
transitions for the TLS state machine. If a remote attacker were able to
perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to skip
the ServerKeyExchange message and remove the forward-secrecy property.
(CVE-2015-2721)
Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Bobby Holley, and Andrew McCreight discovered
multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker
could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2015-2724)
Ronald Crane discovered multiple security vulnerabilities. If a
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2015-07-09·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-2721 [MEDIUM] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that NSS incorrectly handled state
transitions for the TLS state machine. If a remote attacker were able to
perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to skip
the ServerKeyExchange message and remove the forward-secrecy property.
(CVE-2015-2721)
Looben Yan discovered 2 use-after-free issues when using XMLHttpRequest in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a
denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-2722,
CVE-2015-2733)
Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Bobby Holley, Andrew McCreight, Terrence
Cole, Steve Fink, Mats Palmgren, W
OSV
CVE-2015-2740: Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39
osv·2015-07-05·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-2740 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-2740: Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39
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.
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2015-07-20·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-2721 [MEDIUM] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that NSS incorrectly handled state
transitions for the TLS state machine. If a remote attacker were able to
perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to skip
the ServerKeyExchange message and remove the forward-secrecy property.
(CVE-2015-2721)
Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Bobby Holley, and Andrew McCreight discovered
multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker
could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2015-27
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2015-07-15·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-2721 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
USN-2656-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and
later releases.
This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that NSS incorrectly handled state
transitions for the TLS state machine. If a remote attacker were able to
perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to skip
the ServerKeyExchange message and remove the forward-secrecy property.
(CVE-2015-2721)
Looben Yan discovered 2 use-after-free issues when using XMLHttpRequest in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker c
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2015-07-09·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-2721 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that NSS incorrectly handled state
transitions for the TLS state machine. If a remote attacker were able to
perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to skip
the ServerKeyExchange message and remove the forward-secrecy property.
(CVE-2015-2721)
Looben Yan discovered 2 use-after-free issues when using XMLHttpRequest in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a
denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-2722,
CVE-2015
Red Hat
Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-66)
vendor_redhat·2015-07-02·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-2740 [CRITICAL] Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-66)
Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-66)
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2015-07-06
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