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Mozilla Firefox < 36.0.3

critical Nessus Plugin ID 279164

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 36.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2015-29 advisory.

 - Pwn2Own asm.js exploit(CVE-2015-0817) (CVE-2015-0817)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 36.0.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-29/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 279164

File Name: macos_firefox_36_0_3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0817

IAVA: 2015-A-0064-S