CVE-2015-7189 describes a race condition in the JPEGEncoder function of Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution or a denial of service via a heap-based buffer overflow, triggered by specially crafted JavaScript code interacting with a CANVAS element. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), it requires medium attack complexity but can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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