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CVE-2015-2716

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: through 37.0.2; 31.0, 31.1.0, 31.1.1, 31.3.0, 31.5.1, 31.5.2 (+1)
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4, 31.5, 31.6.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: through 31.5
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: 12.0
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server: 12.0
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12.0
• Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-54.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611

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