CVE-2015-7175 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-250 — Execution with Unnecessary Privileges15 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.2%
top 12.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The XULContentSinkImpl::AddText function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to an "overflow."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox40.0.3+7
▶Ubuntumozilla/thunderbird< 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-6584-jm2m-9fv9: The XULContentSinkImpl::AddText function in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗2022-05-17
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2015-10-05
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OSV
firefox regression↗2015-10-05
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OSV
unity-firefox-extension, webapps-greasemonkey, webaccounts-browser-extension update↗2015-09-24
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OSV
ubufox update↗2015-09-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2015-10-05
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Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2015-10-05
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Ubuntu
Unity Integration for Firefox, Unity Websites Integration and Ubuntu Online Accounts extension update↗2015-09-24
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Ubuntu
Ubufox update↗2015-09-22
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-09-22
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4517 CVE-2015-4521 CVE-2015-4522 CVE-2015-7174 CVE-2015-7175 CVE-2015-7176 CVE-2015-7177 CVE-2015-7180 Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-112)↗2015-09-23
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