CVE-2015-2740
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-07-02 | |
| Impact: | Critical | What is this? |
Description
Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
See more information about CVE-2015-2740 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox) | ELSA-2015-1207 | 2015-07-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird) | ELSA-2015-1455 | 2015-07-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox) | ELSA-2015-1207 | 2015-07-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird) | ELSA-2015-1455 | 2015-07-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox) | ELSA-2015-1207 | 2015-07-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird) | ELSA-2015-1455 | 2015-07-20 |
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