CVE-2015-7196

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-11-04
Bugzilla:
1277349: CVE-2015-7196 Mozilla: JavaScript garbage collection crash with Java applet (MFSA 2015-130)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2015-7196 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1982 2015-11-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1982 2015-11-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1982 2015-11-04

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Vytautas Staraitis as the original reporter.

External References

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