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CVE-2015-7203 (GCVE-0-2015-7203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-16 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:43

Summary

Buffer overflow in the DirectWriteFontInfo::LoadFontFamilyData function in gfx/thebes/gfxDWriteFontList.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font-family name.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

12 references

URL	Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfs…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/e1bcc04808cc	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201183	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2015-12-15 00:00

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  }
}

ubuntu-cve-2015-7203

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-12-15 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7203	REPORT
	https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2833-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7203	REPORT

JSON

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "firefox",
            "binary_version": "43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "firefox-globalmenu",
            "binary_version": "43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols",
            "binary_version": "43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "firefox-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "firefox",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "24.0+build1-0ubuntu1",
        "25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1",
        "28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2",
        "28.0+build1-0ubuntu1",
        "28.0+build2-0ubuntu1",
        "28.0+build2-0ubuntu2",
        "29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
        "30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3",
        "31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
        "35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
        "36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
        "40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "41.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Buffer overflow in the DirectWriteFontInfo::LoadFontFamilyData function in gfx/thebes/gfxDWriteFontList.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font-family name.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7203",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:50Z",
  "published": "2015-12-15T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7203"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-144/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2833-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7203"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2833-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-7203"
  ]
}

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