Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed5 Nov 2015
Introduced: 5 Nov 2015
CVE-2015-7191 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 on Android improperly restricts URL strings in intents, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving an intent: URL and fallback navigation, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-7191
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208956
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-125.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html