Vulnerability Details : 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.
Vulnerability category: Information leak
Products affected by CVE-2015-7195
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7195
0.51%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 73 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2015-7195
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
10.0
|
2.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2015-7195
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The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2015-7195
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1211871
1211871 - (CVE-2015-7195) Certain escaped characters in host of Location-header are being treated as non-escaped
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
USN-2785-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201512-10) — Gentoo security
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-129.html
Certain escaped characters in host of Location-header are being treated as non-escaped — MozillaVendor Advisory
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTrack
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1942-1: important: Security update
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