CVE-2015-7211 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV10.0
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxFedoraproject FedoraOpensuse Leap+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 mishandles the # (number sign) character in a data: URI, which allows remote attackers to spoof web sites via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox42.0
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

Also affects: Fedora 22, 23

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c379-hcwr-qvc4: Mozilla Firefox before 43↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-12-15
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OSV
CVE-2015-7211: Mozilla Firefox before 43↗2015-12-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Mozilla: Hash in data: URI is incorrectly parsed (MFSA 2015-141)↗2015-12-16
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-12-15
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7211 Mozilla: Hash in data: URI is incorrectly parsed (MFSA 2015-141)↗2015-12-15
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