CVE-2015-2716
Mozilla Firefox < 38.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x < 31.7 - Remote Code Execution via XML Parser Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.
References (20)
Core 20
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr31/rev/2f3e78643f5c
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-54.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2603-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140537
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
Scores
EPSS
0.0561
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (21)
mozilla/firefox
31.0
mozilla/firefox
31.1.0
mozilla/firefox
31.1.1
mozilla/firefox
31.3.0
mozilla/firefox
31.5.1
mozilla/firefox
31.5.2
mozilla/firefox
31.5.3
mozilla/firefox
< 37.0.2
mozilla/firefox_esr
31.1
mozilla/firefox_esr
31.2
... and 11 more
Published
May 14, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026