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Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox package, versions <0:38.0-3.0.1.el7_1

Severity

 Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    6.37% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2490426
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 14 May 2015
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Introduced: 14 May 2015

CVE-2015-2716 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:38.0-3.0.1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-0988.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

6.3 medium