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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Sep 20, 2017 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Dec 1, 2016 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkey | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| Mfsa2015 112 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 38.3Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 41.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Sep 23, 2015 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| Mozilla Seamonkey | — | Upgrade to Mozilla SeaMonkey version 2.38.0 | Oct 22, 2015 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla ThunderbirdUpgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 38.3 | Nov 30, 2015 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade runtime/tcl-8/tcl-sqlite-3 to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade database/sqlite-3 to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 38.4.0-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/yasm to version 1.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade database/sqlite-3/documentation to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird | Oct 16, 2024 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade mozilla-nspr-x86Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-devel | Dec 18, 2015 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Nov 8, 2024 | Sep 24, 2015 |
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