CVE-2015-0798
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-264
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The Reader mode feature in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.1 on Android, and Desktop Firefox pre-release, does not properly handle privileged URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by leveraging the ability to bypass the Same Origin Policy.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-43.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032029Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1147597
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10Advisory