CVE-2015-7199 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-7199?

CVE-2015-7199 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 5 Nov 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The (1) AddWeightedPathSegLists and (2) SVGPathSegListSMILType::Interpolate functions in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 lack status checking, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SVG document.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7199?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7199?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-7199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-95j5-rfpg-w4rp, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7199.