CVE-2015-7221

Published: Dec 16, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

10.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the nsDeque::GrowCapacity function in xpcom/glue/nsDeque.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a deque size change.

Affected (6)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse

1 product

1 product

2 products

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 42.0

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 22
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 23

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (24)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-144.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199400

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue Tracking

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7fd961937687

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html