PT-2015-2638 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+6

Ehsan Akhgari

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Published

2015-11-03

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Updated

2024-12-12

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CVE-2015-7197

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 42.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.4
Description The issue is related to improper control of a web worker's ability to create a WebSocket object, allowing remote attackers to bypass intended mixed-content restrictions via crafted JavaScript code. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using specially formed JavaScript code to bypass existing access restrictions.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 42.0, update to version 42.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.4, update to version 38.4 or later.

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1974
ALT-PU-2016-1454
BDU:2015-12003
CESA-2015_1982
CESA-2015_2519
CVE-2015-7197
DSA-3393-1
DSA-3410-1
MGASA-2015-0427
MGASA-2015-0447
MGASA-2015-0462
OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1942-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2015:1982
RHSA-2015:2519
RHSA-2015_1982
RHSA-2015_2519
SUSE-SU-2015:1926-1
SUSE-SU-2015:1978-1
SUSE-SU-2015:1981-1
USN-2785-1
USN-2819-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox Esr
Firefox
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu