VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-7195
The URL parsing implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 improperly recognizes escaped characters in hostnames within Location headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a redirect.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.18%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The URL parsing implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 improperly recognizes escaped characters in hostnames within Location headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a redirect.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.18% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-129.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1211871
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-129.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1211871
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.