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FKIE_CVE-2015-7218

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-12-16 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:32
Severity
Summary
The HTTP/2 implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow, assertion failure, and application exit) via a single-byte header frame that triggers incorrect memory allocation.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-142.htmlVendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194818
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-142.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194818
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
Impacted products

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