CVE-2015-2716

Public on 2015-05-14

Modified on 2020-05-14

Description

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.

Severity

Critical

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.8

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	expat	2020-05-11 20:41	ALAS-2020-1364

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2015-2716 Mitre: CVE-2015-2716 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity