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CVE-2015-7176
The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 uses an incorrect argument to the sscanf…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
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- mozilla
Description
The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 uses an incorrect argument to the sscanf function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (20)
- SUSE-SU-2015:1680 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:2081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2754-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-112.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2743-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2743-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2743-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1033640 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3365 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1174479 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 76816 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1679 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2743-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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