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CVE-2015-7182

Published: Nov 5, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
10.2%
Top 4.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted OCTET STRING data.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
traffic directorOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
openssoOn-premWeb App
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
iplanet web proxy serverOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure
glassfish serverOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
iplanet web serverOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins
Mozilla Corp.
oss-project·USaka mozilla
Firefox ESROn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
network security services
Consumer Software
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00020.html
lists.opensuse.org
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