PT-2015-1895 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+5
Anba
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Published
2015-08-11
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Updated
2024-12-12
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CVE-2015-4478
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 40.0
Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.2
Description
The issue is related to the lack of protection for certain data in Firefox browsers, allowing remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy. This can be achieved via the
reviver parameter to the JSON.parse method. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified.Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 40.0, update to version 40.0 or later.
For Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.2, update to version 38.2 or later.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the
JSON.parse method with the reviver parameter until a patch is available.Exploit
Fix
Information Disclosure
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu