Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [,43.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378893
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Dec 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-7211  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 43.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 mishandles the # (number sign) character in a data: URI, which allows remote attackers to spoof web sites via unspecified vectors.

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