CVE-2015-2730

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and other products, does not properly perform Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) multiplications, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof ECDSA signatures via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-07-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2730 is rated Moderate Risk (51.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.59%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +3.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2730

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.24% 3.59% +3.35%
2 2026-01-25 0.34% 0.24% -0.10%
3 2026-01-20 0.34%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2730

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2730

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-2730

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-2730 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nss), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2730
gentoo normal CVE-2015-2730: 1 GLSA(s) (201512-10), 4 atom(s) (mail-client/thunderbird, mail-client/thunderbird-bin, www-client/firefox, www-client/firefox-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-2730
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2730
suse high CVE-2015-2730 severity important: SUSE including 167 source package names (MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1, MozillaFirefox-115.10.0-150200.152.134.1, …), 395 product×package rows across 74 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (74 product lines)): Fixed 377, Known Not Affected 18. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2730/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-2730 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (firefox, nss, thunderbird), 15 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 15. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2730

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2730

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services <= 3.19 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle vm_server 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2730

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1664.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1699.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3336
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-64.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032783
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2672-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1125025 Issue Tracking
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.1_release_notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
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