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CVE-2015-7175

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7175 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the XULContentSinkImpl::AddText function of Mozilla Firefox before version 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3. This flaw, related to an "overflow," could allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through an application crash or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 40.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0350 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:38.3.0-2.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:38.3.0-2.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.3.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.3.0-1.el7_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.3.0-1.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:38.3.0-2.el7_1
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-7175Important

Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-112)

Sep 22, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1834.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1852.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3365
mozilla.org / security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-112.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
securityfocus.com / bid/76816
securitytracker.com / id/1033640
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2743-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2743-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2743-3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2743-4
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2754-1