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CVE-2015-7204

Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 does not properly store the properties of unboxed objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript variable assignments.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2015-7204 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from opensuse, from opensuse, from fedoraproject and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2015-12-16T11:59:03.927

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-17

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	22	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	23	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 42.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	41.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	41.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	41.0.2	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-135.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216130 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-135.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216130 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For opensuse's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.