CVE-2015-7189 — 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-362 — Race Condition9 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
3.5%
top 12.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Race condition in the JPEGEncoder function in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via vectors involving a CANVAS element and crafted JavaScript code.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox41.0.2+8
▶Ubuntumozilla/thunderbird< 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-78mc-5g34-3h4m: Race condition in the JPEGEncoder function in Mozilla Firefox before 42↗2022-05-17
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2015-12-01
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OSV
CVE-2015-7189: Race condition in the JPEGEncoder function in Mozilla Firefox before 42↗2015-11-04
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2015-12-01
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-11-04
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Buffer overflow during image interactions in canvas (MFSA 2015-123)↗2015-11-04
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7189 Mozilla: Buffer overflow during image interactions in canvas (MFSA 2015-123)↗2015-11-03
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