Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-4487
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…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.023 (85.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
- Mozilla Firefox_os
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- DSA-3410 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- SUSE-SU-2015:2081 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- USN-2712-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1454 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- USN-2702-3 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- RHSA-2015:1682 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1389 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1453 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- RHSA-2015:1586 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-4487?
- CVE-2015-4487 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-08-16.
- Is CVE-2015-4487 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.