CVE-2015-4521
Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-112)
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The ConvertDialogOptions function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Vulnerabilidad en la función ConvertDialogOptions en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 41.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.3, podría permitir a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria y caída de la aplicación) o posiblemente tener un impacto no especificado a través de vectores desconocidos.
Andrew Osmond, Olli Pettay, Andrew Sutherland, Christian Holler, David Major, Andrew McCreight, and Cameron McCormack discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. Khalil Zhani discovered a buffer overflow when parsing VP9 content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-06-10 CVE Reserved
- 2015-09-23 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-04-21 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CAPEC
References (22)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html | X_refsource_confirm |
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html | X_refsource_confirm |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170246 | X_refsource_confirm |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | <= 40.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 40.0.3" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.1" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.5" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.1" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.2.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.1" | - |
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