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CVE-2015-2740 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2015-2740

UNKNOWN

Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39

Published Jul 6, 2015

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

References

ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1455.html ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3300 ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3324 WEBhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-66.html WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541 WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032783 WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032784 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2673-1 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170809 ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2740

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

Exploitability

Access Vector

NetworkAV:N

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

CompleteC:C

Integrity

CompleteI:C

Availability

CompleteA:C

10/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJul 6, 2015

ModifiedAug 6, 2024