Mozilla: Use-after-free due to type confusion flaws (MFSA 2015-39)
Published Apr 1, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.67%
Description
The HTMLSourceElement::BindToTree function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not properly constrain a data type after omitting namespace validation during certain tree-binding operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted HTML document containing a SOURCE element.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 3
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.67% (0.03672) | 89.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.70% (0.03698) | 88.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.91% (0.01906) | 81.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.86% (0.03856) | 80.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.91% (0.01906) | 82.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.81% (0.03813) | 92.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 7, 2023 | 3.79% (0.03789) | 90.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2023 | 3.56% (0.03565) | 90.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.49% (0.03487) | 90.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 89.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 88.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 75.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-39.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0804 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134560 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207081 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0804
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0804
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-39.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0804 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134560 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207081 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0804 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0804 |
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