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CVE-2015-2706

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2706 describes a race condition in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 37.0.2, specifically within the AsyncPaintWaitEvent function. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial-of-service condition (use-after-free) through a maliciously crafted plugin that fails to complete its initialization properly. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited over the network with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 37.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-2015-2706Critical

Mozilla: Memory corruption during failed plugin initialization (MFSA 2015-45)

Apr 20, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00044.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00046.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201512-10
mozilla.org / security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-45.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securityfocus.com / bid/74247
securitytracker.com / id/1032171
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2571-1