CVE-2015-7182

Publication date 4 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

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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	Upstream: http://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/4dc247276e58 Upstream: http://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/534aca7a5bca Upstream: http://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/b4feb2cb0ed6 Upstream: http://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/f47d00c2732a

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-2791-1
NSS vulnerabilities
4 November 2015

USN-2819-1
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
1 December 2015