CVE-2015-7212
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Integer overflow in the mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface function in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a graphics operation that requires a large texture allocation.
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
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2657.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3422
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3432
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-139.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79279
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2859-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222809
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00021.html
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.