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CVE-2015-4518

Date: November 4, 2015

The Reader View implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 has an improper whitelist, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving SVG animations and the about:reader URL.

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136692
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-118.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182778
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-4518
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4518
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-4518

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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