CVE-2015-7176
Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-112)
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · September 22, 2015
Updated · June 27, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges