CVE-2015-7189

critical

Description

Race condition in the JPEGEncoder function in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via vectors involving a CANVAS element and crafted JavaScript code.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-7121

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205900

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2819-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77411

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/mfsa2015-123.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3410

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3393

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2519.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1982.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.html

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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00021.html

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-11-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06612