4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-4482
Mozilla Firefox MAR Integer Out-of-Bounds Write Privilege Escalation
Description

mar_read.c in the Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted name of a Mozilla Archive (aka MAR) file.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 16, 2015, 1:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 22, 2024, 1:42 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-4482 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Oracle solaris
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-4482.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-85.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76294
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184500 Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

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  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76294 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:39.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:39.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184500 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184500 Issue Tracking
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation Vulnerabilidad en mar_read.c en el Updater en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 40.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.2, permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios o provocar una denegación de servicio (mediante una escritura fuera de rango) a través de un nombre de archivo Mozilla Archive manipulado (también conocido como MAR).
    Added Translation Vulnerabilidad en mar_read.c en el Updater en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 40.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.2, permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios o provocar una denegación de servicio (escritura fuera de rango) a través de un nombre de un Mozilla Archive (también conocido como MAR) manipulado.
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:39.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:39.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:39.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-85.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-85.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} -0.01%

score

0.26221

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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