CVE-2015-7183
Public on 2015-11-05
Modified on 2015-11-04
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in NSPR. An attacker could use this flaw to cause NSPR to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running an application compiled against the NSPR library.
Severity
Critical
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | jss | 2015-11-05 | ALAS-2015-608 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nspr | 2015-11-05 | ALAS-2015-608 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss | 2015-11-05 | ALAS-2015-608 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss-util | 2015-11-05 | ALAS-2015-608 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |