Mozilla: Memory corruption during failed plugin initialization (MFSA 2015-45)
Published Apr 24, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.57%
Description
Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.
Affected products
No data.
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
Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of Firefox and Thunderbird package, 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:M/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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 2.57% (0.02568) | 84.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02586) | 83.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 76.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.40% (0.03399) | 78.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 76.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.89% (0.07892) | 94.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 7.84% (0.07844) | 93.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2023 | 7.41% (0.07405) | 93.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.25% (0.07250) | 92.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00044.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00046.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-45.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74247 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032171 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2571-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2706 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141081 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213935 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2706
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2706
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-45/
Change history (0)
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