CVE-2015-7182

critical
Published 2015-11-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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 other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted OCTET STRING data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7182

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.20.1_release_notes

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.4_release_notes

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.1_release_notes

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-133.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2:3.20.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:3.20.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:3.20.1-1
debian debiansidfixed2:3.20.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:3.20.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
oracle oracletraffic_director11.1.1.7.0
oracle oracletraffic_director11.1.1.9.0
oracle oracleopensso3.0-0.7
oracle oracleiplanet_web_proxy_server4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.3.0
oracle oracleglassfish_server2.1.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services{"endIncluding":"3.19.2.0"}
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.20.0
oracle oracleiplanet_web_server7.0
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"41.0.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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