CVE-2015-2736

critical
Published 2015-07-06 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

The nsZipArchive::BuildFileList 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 accesses unintended memory locations, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted ZIP archive.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
suse suse11affected
suse suse12.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"38.1.0"}
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"38.0.1"}
mozilla mozillafirefox31.0
mozilla mozillafirefox31.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox31.1.1
mozilla mozillafirefox31.3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox31.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox31.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox31.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr31.1
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr31.2
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr31.3
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr31.4
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr31.5
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr31.6.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr31.7.0
suse novellsuse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit12.0

References

CWEs

CWE-17

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.