CVE-2015-8511

Race condition in the lockscreen feature in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.5 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended passcode requirement via unspecified vectors.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-152.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173284
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-152.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173284

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:mozilla:firefox_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-01-09 02:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2015-8511

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8511

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8511

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox_os

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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