Mozilla: Use-after-free during text processing with vertical text enabled (MFSA 2015-51)
Published May 14, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.96%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the SetBreaks function in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a document containing crafted text in conjunction with a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence containing properties related to vertical text.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 13.1
- 13.2
Configuration 3
- ≤ 31.5
Configuration 4
- 31.0
- 31.1.0
- 31.1.1
- 31.3.0
- 31.5.1
- 31.5.2
- 31.5.3
- 31.1
- 31.2
- 31.3
- 31.4
- 31.5
- 31.6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:38.0-4.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0988
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:31.7.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:38.0-4.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0988
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:31.7.0-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:38.0-3.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0988
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:31.7.0-1.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1012
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:38.0-4.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0988 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:31.7.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:38.0-4.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0988 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:31.7.0-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:38.0-3.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0988 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:31.7.0-1.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1012 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 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 | 3.96% (0.03957) | 90.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.98% (0.03985) | 89.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.75% (0.01751) | 80.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.59% (0.06585) | 84.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.75% (0.01751) | 81.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.18% (0.02181) | 89.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 19, 2024 | 2.18% (0.02181) | 88.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2023 | 2.09% (0.02092) | 87.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.04% (0.02045) | 87.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-51.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2603-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2713 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1153478 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220605 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2713
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2713
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
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