CVE-2015-7216 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
OSV10.0
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxFedoraproject FedoraOpensuse Leap+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 on Linux GNOME platforms incorrectly enables the JasPer decoder, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox42.0
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

Also affects: Fedora 22, 23

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7xfq-638r-5cw2: The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-7216: The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43↗2015-12-15
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-12-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Mozilla: Linux file chooser crashes on malformed JPEG2000 and TGA images due to flaws in underlying libraries (MFSA 2015-143)↗2015-12-16
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-12-15
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7216 CVE-2015-7217 Mozilla: Linux file chooser crashes on malformed JPEG2000 and TGA images due to flaws in underlying libraries (MFSA 2015-143)↗2015-12-15
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