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CVE-2015-0826 json

The nsTransformedTextRun::SetCapitalization function in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or ca…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-0839

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The nsTransformedTextRun::SetCapitalization function in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read of heap memory) via a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence that triggers a restyle or reflow operation.

Patch / fix

  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0826

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-0826 updated cvss 5.1

Mozilla: Buffer overflow during CSS restyling (MFSA 2015-20)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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