UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2716

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2716

    Published: 13 May 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2716

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2716, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-54/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2602-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2603-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2716

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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