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CVE-2015-4518 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136692 CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182778 CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-118.html CVEVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
<= 41.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-4518
NVD Published Date:
Nov 5, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-4518 Details - Not Deferred