CVE-2015-7176

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-09-22
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2015-7176 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 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-1852	2015-10-01
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-1852	2015-10-01
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-1852	2015-10-01