CVE-2015-7182 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the ASN.1 decoder of Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) versions prior to 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.1. This flaw, affecting products like Firefox and Oracle, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through specially crafted OCTET STRING data. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.1.1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:traffic_director:11.1.1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.1.1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:traffic_director:11.1.1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0-0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:opensso:3.0-0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:iplanet_web_proxy_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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