CVE-2015-7176

high

Description

The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 uses an incorrect argument to the sscanf function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-7108

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1174479

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2754-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

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

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-112.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3365

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1852.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1834.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-09-24

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0435