CVE-2015-4518

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

The Reader View implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 has an improper whitelist, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving SVG animations and the about:reader URL.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-4518

Assigner
security@mozilla.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-11-05T05:59:04

Last Modified Date
2016-12-07T18:13:15

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	1	OR		41.0.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-118.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136692
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182778
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4518
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4518

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:59:30				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:06:01	2015-11-05T05:59Z	2015-11-05T05:59:04	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:06:01		2016-12-07T18:13:15	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:06:01		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated