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CVE-2015-0824

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0824 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 36.0, specifically within the mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface function. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application by triggering an out-of-bounds write of zero values when DrawTarget and the Cairo library are used for image drawing. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0366 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-0824Moderate

Mozilla: Crash using DrawTarget in Cairo graphics library (MFSA 2015-22)

Feb 24, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00067.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-01
mozilla.org / security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-22.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securityfocus.com / bid/72753
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1031791
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2505-1
Third Party Advisory