Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-2743
PDF.js in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1 enables excessive privileges for internal Workers, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a Same Origin Policy bypass.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 31.0, 31.1.0, 31.1.1
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions 31.1, 31.2, 31.3
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 12.0
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11, 12.0
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 12.0
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541 (vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-69.html (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2743?
- CVE-2015-2743 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-07-06.
- Is CVE-2015-2743 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.