PT-2015-1444 · Mozilla+5 · Thunderbird+7

Q1 · Published 2015-07-02 · Updated 2024-10-22 · CVE-2015-2740

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 39.0 Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.8 and 38.x prior to 38.1 Thunderbird versions prior to 38.1

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability affects the dynamic memory, allowing the attacker to potentially disrupt the service.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 39.0, update to version 39.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.8, update to version 31.8 or later. For Firefox ESR versions 38.x prior to 38.1, update to version 38.1 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 38.1, update to version 38.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1667

ALT-PU-2015-1669

ALT-PU-2015-2040

BDU:2015-10576

BDU:2015-10577

BDU:2015-10578

CESA-2015_1207

CESA-2015_1455

CVE-2015-2740

DSA-3300-1

DSA-3324-1

MGASA-2015-0268

MGASA-2015-0284

OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1229-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

RHSA-2015:1207

RHSA-2015:1455

RHSA-2015_1207

RHSA-2015_1455

SUSE-SU-2015:1268-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1268-2

SUSE-SU-2015:1269-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1449-1

USN-2656-1

USN-2656-2

USN-2673-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 1157

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssl/ssl_version.rb · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10553 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2739 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10564 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2743 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2736 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10816 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2740 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0268.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10573 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2737 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1455.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2726 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html · Vendor Advisory