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CVE-2015-2716

Published: May 14, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
7.4%
Top 6.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Mozilla Corp.
oss-project·USaka mozilla
Firefox ESROn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
ThunderbirdOn-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
Firefox OS
Consumer Software
SeaMonkey
Consumer Software
novell
commercial·USaka suse novell, novell suse
suse linux enterprise software development kitOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse linux enterprise desktopOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse linux enterprise serverOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
Suse Linux Enterprise ServerOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
solarisOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
ubuntu.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
rhn.redhat.com
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
tenable.com
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