CVE-2015-7183
Description
Integer overflow in the PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE implementation in Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:4.10.10-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:4.10.10-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:4.10.10-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:4.10.10-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:4.10.10-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"41.0.2"} | |
| mozilla | network_security_services | {"endIncluding":"3.19.2.0"} | |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.20.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0.5 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.1.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.1.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.2.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.2.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.3.0 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134268/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-nss-Updates.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1980.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1981.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3393
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3406
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-133.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.399753
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.