CVE-2015-2716

Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.

• CWE-119

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-54.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2603-1
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140537Issue Tracking
• https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr31/rev/2f3e78643f5c
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-54.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2603-1
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140537Issue Tracking
• https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr31/rev/2f3e78643f5c
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20

Published

May 14, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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