CVE-2015-0802
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 relies on docshell type information instead of page principal information for Window.webidl access control, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via certain content…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 65.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 relies on docshell type information instead of page principal information for Window.webidl access control, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via certain content navigation that leverages the reachability of a privileged window with an unintended persistence of access to restricted internal methods.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 65.87% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 August 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · canonical/ubuntu linux · mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS moved from 65.9% on 22 October 2026 to 65.9% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-42.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1124898
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37958/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-42.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1124898
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37958/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.