CVE-2015-7216
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2833-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 on Linux GNOME platforms incorrectly enables the JasPer decoder, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.
La configuración gdk-pixbuf en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 43.0 en plataformas Linux GNOME habilita incorrectamente el decodificador JasPer, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de una imagen JPEG 2000 manipulada.
Andrei Vaida, Jesse Ruderman, Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Eric Rahm, Robert Kaiser, Harald Kirschner, and Michael Henretty discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, 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 Firefox. Ronald Crane discovered three buffer overflows through code inspection. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, 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 Firefox. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-09-16 CVE Reserved
- 2015-12-16 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-07-02 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
References (11)
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79278 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1197059 | 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" | <= 42.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 42.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Gnome Search vendor "Gnome" | Gnome Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Gnome" | - | linux |
Safe
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 22 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "22" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 23 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "23" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1" | - |
Affected
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1" | - |
Affected
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2" | - |
Affected
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