CVE-2015-7182

Publication date 4 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted OCTET STRING data.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 15.10 wily
Fixed 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nss 15.10 wily
Fixed 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 15.10 wily
Fixed 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nss

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2785-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 4 November 2015
    • USN-2819-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 1 December 2015

Other references