CVE-2015-7183

Description

Integer overflow in the PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE implementation in Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 20.43% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069 vdb entry
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa119
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00021.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205157
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3406 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.html vendor advisory
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.20.1_release_notes vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1981.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2819-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77415 vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 vdb entry
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.4_release_notes vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1980.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2790-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3393 vendor advisory
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.1_release_notes vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134268/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-nss-Updates.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.399753 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-133.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00020.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7183?
CVE-2015-7183 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7183?
To fix CVE-2015-7183, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7183 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-7183 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~20% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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