CVE-2015-7215
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2833-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The importScripts function in the Web Workers API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by triggering use of the no-cors mode in the fetch API to attempt resource access that throws an exception, leading to information disclosure after a rethrow.
La función importScripts en la implementación API Web Workers en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 43.0 permite a atacantes remotos eludir la Same Origin Policy desencadenando el uso del modo no-cors en la API fetch para intentar acceder a los recursos que producen una excepción, dando lugar a la divulgación de información después de un volver a lanzar.
Andrei Vaida, Jesse Ruderman, Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Eric Rahm, Robert Kaiser, Harald Kirschner, and Michael Henretty discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Ronald Crane discovered three buffer overflows through code inspection. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-09-16 CVE Reserved
- 2015-12-16 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CAPEC
References (14)
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160890 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/164 | X_refsource_misc | |
| https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/166 | X_refsource_misc |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 22 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "22" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 23 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "23" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | <= 42.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 42.0" | - |
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