Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-7176

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.
Publish Date : 2015-09-24 Last Update Date : 2016-12-21

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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score	7.5
Confidentiality Impact	Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact	Partial (Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.)
Availability Impact	Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity	Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication	Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access	None
Vulnerability Type(s)	Denial Of ServiceOverflow
CWE ID	119

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title	Definition Id	Class	Family
RHSA-2015:1834: firefox security update (Critical)	oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20151834		unix
RHSA-2015:1852: thunderbird security update (Important)	oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20151852		unix

OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2015-7176

#	Product Type	Vendor	Product	Version
1	Application	Mozilla	Firefox	40.0.3	Version Details Vulnerabilities
2	Application	Mozilla	Firefox Esr	38.0	Version Details Vulnerabilities
3	Application	Mozilla	Firefox Esr	38.0.1	Version Details Vulnerabilities
4	Application	Mozilla	Firefox Esr	38.0.5	Version Details Vulnerabilities
5	Application	Mozilla	Firefox Esr	38.1.0	Version Details Vulnerabilities
6	Application	Mozilla	Firefox Esr	38.1.1	Version Details Vulnerabilities
7	Application	Mozilla	Firefox Esr	38.2.0	Version Details Vulnerabilities
8	Application	Mozilla	Firefox Esr	38.2.1	Version Details Vulnerabilities