Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-7176
CVE-2015-7176
Description
The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 uses an incorrect argument to the sscanf function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
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Affected products
28cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=40.0.3
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <41.0
- osv-coords19 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012
< 50.1.0-1.1+ 18 more
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.3.0esr-48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.10.9-6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.10.9-6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.10.9-6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.10.9-6.1
Patches
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References
20- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-112.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00004.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00007.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1834.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1852.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3365nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2754-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
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