FirefoxWeb browser · Mozilla
CVE-2015-7194
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBuffer underflow in libjar in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZIP archive.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceBuffer underflow vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox's libjar library when processing specially crafted ZIP/JAR archives. The flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a negative index when parsing ZIP file headers, potentially causing memory corruption leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
FirefoxWeb browser
<= 41.0.2= 38.0= 38.0.1= 38.0.5= 38.1.0= 38.1.1= 38.2.0= 38.2.1= 38.3.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Firefox is installedOn Windows, check Registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\CurrentVersion or look in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\. On macOS, check /Applications/Firefox.app. On Linux, check /usr/lib/firefox or /opt/firefox directories.Affected if Firefox is not installed on the system
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Retrieve the installed Firefox versionOpen Firefox and navigate to about:support, or run 'firefox --version' from command line. On Windows, also check the version property of firefox.exe in the installation folder.Affected if The displayed version matches one of the affected versions listed
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Compare version against affected rangeAffected versions are: all Firefox <= 41.0.2, plus specifically 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 38.1.1, 38.2.0, 38.2.1, 38.3.0. Match your installed version string exactly against this list.Affected if Your installed version is 41.0.2 or lower, or exactly matches any of the listed 38.x versions
A system is affected if Mozilla Firefox version 41.0.2 or any of the specific 38.x versions (38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 38.1.1, 38.2.0, 38.2.1, 38.3.0) is installed and the browser is used to process ZIP/JAR archive files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Firefox to version 42.0 or later (or ESR 38.4+) to patch the vulnerability. In enterprise environments, deploy the update via patch management systems and verify complete coverage.
Fix this in Firefox
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2015-7194 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sources- www.mozilla.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- rhn.redhat.com
- www.debian.org
- www.debian.org
- www.oracle.com
- www.oracle.com
- www.securityfocus.com
- www.securitytracker.com
- www.ubuntu.com
- www.ubuntu.com
- bugzilla.mozilla.org
- security.gentoo.org
- nvd.nist.gov
Practitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-7194 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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