CVE-2015-7182

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted OCTET STRING data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 5, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-7182: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix