CVE-2015-7176 — 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
5.7%
top 9.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 uses an incorrect argument to the sscanf function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

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

7
GHSA
GHSA-3pgh-f8f3-268r: The AnimationThread 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
CVE-2015-7176: The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗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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