Information Exposure Affecting mozilla package, versions [,38.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378812
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 May 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2015

CVE-2015-2718  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 38.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The WebChannel.jsm module in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive webchannel-response data via a crafted web site containing an IFRAME element referencing a different web site that is intended to read this data.

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