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CVE-2015-2728

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2728 describes a type confusion vulnerability in the IndexedDatabaseManager class of Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR. This flaw misinterprets an IDBDatabase field as a pointer, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0428 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:38.1.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:38.1.0-1.el6_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:38.1.0-1.ael7b_1
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-2728Moderate

Mozilla: Type confusion in Indexed Database Manager (MFSA 2015-61)

Jul 2, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201512-10
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3300
mozilla.org / security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-61.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/75541
securitytracker.com / id/1032783
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2656-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2656-2