Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.2) (MFSA 2015-79)
Published Aug 16, 2015
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.96%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.04
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 13.1
- 13.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:38.2.0-4.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1586
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:38.2.0-4.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1682
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:38.2.0-4.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1586
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:38.2.0-4.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1682
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:38.2.0-4.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1586
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:38.2.0-1.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1682
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:38.2.0-4.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1586 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:38.2.0-4.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1682 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:38.2.0-4.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1586 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:38.2.0-4.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1682 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:38.2.0-4.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1586 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:38.2.0-1.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1682 |
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.96% (0.06963) | 93.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.96% (0.06963) | 93.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 13, 2026 | 4.75% (0.04754) | 89.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 3.65% (0.03655) | 87.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 1.40% (0.01399) | 79.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 8, 2025 | 2.82% (0.02823) | 85.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.29% (0.04290) | 87.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.97% (0.10971) | 88.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.13% (0.05125) | 89.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.60% (0.01598) | 87.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 1.60% (0.01598) | 87.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 1.53% (0.01532) | 85.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 1.40% (0.01402) | 84.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.37% (0.01370) | 84.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (28)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUBroken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUBroken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2712-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4473 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1146213 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178890 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182711 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252271 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4473
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4473
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-79.html
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