CVE-2015-2740

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Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x

Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.02632

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla thunderbird<= 38.0.1
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla firefox esrall versions
novell suse linux enterprise software development kitall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
debian linuxall versions
novell suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
novell suse linux enterprise serverall versions
Show all 10 affected productsmozilla firefox<= 38.1.0
oracle solarisall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@mozilla.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD06 Jul 2015 · 02:01 AM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1449-1
usnUSN-2673-1
usnUSN-2656-2
Show all 12 vendor advisoriessuse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1268-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1268-2
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1269-1
usnUSN-2656-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:1207Critical
rhsaRHSA-2015:1455Critical
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2015-66

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html

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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1455.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3300

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3324Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-66.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032783

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032784

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2673-1Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170809Issue Tracking

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

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