CVE-2015-7196

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4, when a Java plugin is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect garbage collection and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Java applet that deallocates an in-use JavaScript wrapper.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.15% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77411 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00021.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.html 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/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-130.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1982.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3393 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140616
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00020.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7196?
CVE-2015-7196 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7196?
To fix CVE-2015-7196, 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-2015-7196 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-7196 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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