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CVE-2015-2735

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2735 describes a memory access vulnerability in nsZipArchive.cpp affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. A crafted ZIP archive can cause these applications to access unintended memory locations, potentially leading to an unspecified but severe impact. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 38.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0377 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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 (7)

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 5Fixed in: firefox-0:38.1.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:31.8.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:31.8.0-1.ael7b_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:31.8.0-1.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-2015-2735Critical

Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-66)

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
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1455.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201512-10
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3300
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3324
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-66.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
securitytracker.com / id/1032784
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2656-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2656-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2673-1
Third Party Advisory