CVE-2015-8511 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2016-01-09

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-8392	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-01-09T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:42.411Z

Reserved: 2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8511

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-09T02:59:15.020

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:34:40.547

Link: CVE-2015-8511

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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