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MFSA2015-66 Firefox: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (CVE-2015-2740)

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MFSA2015-66 Firefox: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (CVE-2015-2740)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/05/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/08/2015
Modified
04/05/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-31_8
  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-38_1
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-39_0

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