CVE-2015-7179

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The VertexBufferInterface::reserveVertexSpace function in libGLES in ANGLE, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 on Windows, incorrectly allocates memory for shader attribute arrays, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted (1) OpenGL or (2) WebGL content.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 40.0.3; 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 38.1.1, 38.2.0 (+1)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-113.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1190526
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-113.html

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