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CVE-2015-7176

The AnimationThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 uses an incorrect argument to the sscanf function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

  • Published: Sep 24, 2015
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2015-7176
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mozilla / firefox - 40.0.3.x
mozilla / firefox 38.0 38.0.x
mozilla / firefox 38.0.1 38.0.1.x
mozilla / firefox 38.0.5 38.0.5.x
mozilla / firefox 38.1.0 38.1.0.x
mozilla / firefox 38.1.1 38.1.1.x
mozilla / firefox 38.2.0 38.2.0.x
mozilla / firefox 38.2.1 38.2.1.x