CVE-2015-7182
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-11-05 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-16
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1ff994be9d82e5414209f267928b413a18f88f3b11b44729dc6464655f8e8018
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- www.securitytracker.com1034069http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
- bto.bluecoat.comhttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa119
- www.debian.orgDSA-3688http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688
- www.debian.orgDSA-3410http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3410
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2081http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201512-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1981http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00021.html
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1202868
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2229http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.html
- developer.mozilla.orghttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.20.1_release_notes
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2785-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2791-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2791-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1926http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00013.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1981http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1981.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2819-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2819-1
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
- www.securityfocus.com91787http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- developer.mozilla.orghttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.4_release_notes
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1942http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1980http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1980.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3393http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3393
- developer.mozilla.orghttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.1_release_notes
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134268/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-nss-Updates.html
- www.securityfocus.com77416http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77416
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2245http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201605-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- www.slackware.comSSA:2015-310-02http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.399753
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-133.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1978http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00020.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nss Fixed in 2:3.20.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nss Fixed in 2:3.20.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nss Fixed in 2:3.20.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nss Fixed in 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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