CVE-2015-2716

HIGH

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-54.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2603-1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140537

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr31/rev/2f3e78643f5c

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-05-14

Updated: 2018-10-30

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 37.0.2 (inclusive)

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 31.5 (inclusive)

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (36 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
144005NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : expat Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0116)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
high
143942NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : expat Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0077)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
high
137414RHEL 7 : expat (RHSA-2020:2508)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
136625Amazon Linux AMI : expat (ALAS-2020-1364)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
high
135808Scientific Linux Security Update : expat on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
135315CentOS 7 : expat (CESA-2020:1011)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
135066RHEL 7 : expat (RHSA-2020:1011)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
701255Mozilla Firefox ESR < 31.7 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
97446F5 Networks BIG-IP : Expat XML library vulnerability (K50459349)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
high
93971F5 Networks BIG-IP : Expat XML library vulnerability (K15104541)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
high
91379GLSA-201605-06 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (Logjam) (SLOTH)NessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
8868Mozilla Thunderbird < 31.7 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorSMTP Clients
critical
8865Mozilla Firefox < 38.0 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
83947SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2015:0978-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
83870SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2015:0960-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
83801openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2015-375)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
83800openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2015-374)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
83547Debian DSA-3264-1 : icedove - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
83544Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-2603-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
83538Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150518)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
83537RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2015:1012)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
83535Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : thunderbird (ELSA-2015-1012)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
83530CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2015:1012)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
83464Mozilla Thunderbird < 31.7 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
83463Mozilla Thunderbird < 31.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high
83450Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150512)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
83439Firefox < 38.0 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
83438Firefox ESR 31.x < 31.7 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
83437Firefox < 38.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high
83436Firefox ESR 31.x < 31.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high
83434Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-2602-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
83423Debian DSA-3260-1 : iceweasel - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
83409RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2015:0988)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
83403Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2015-0988)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
83389FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (d9b43004-f5fd-4807-b1d7-dbf66455b244)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical
83378CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:0988)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high