CVE-2015-4487

Firefox < 40.0 - Memory Corruption via nsTSubstring::ReplacePrep Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The nsTSubstring::ReplacePrep function in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2, and Firefox OS before 2.2 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to an "overflow."

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3410
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2712-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1682.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171603
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0226
EPSS Percentile 84.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (12)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04
mozilla/firefox 38.0
mozilla/firefox 38.0.1
mozilla/firefox 38.0.5
mozilla/firefox 38.1.0
mozilla/firefox < 39.0.3
mozilla/firefox_os < 2.1.0
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
... and 2 more
Published Aug 16, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026