CVE-2015-7212
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Integer overflow in the mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface function in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a graphics operation that requires a large texture allocation.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.05%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 90
- Score date: 10/11/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-189
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2657.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3422
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3432
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-139.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79279
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2859-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222809
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2657.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3422
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3432
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-139.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79279
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2859-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222809
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
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