Information Exposure Affecting mozilla package, versions [,29.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2379144
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Mar 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-1515  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 29.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Mozilla Firefox before 28.0.1 on Android processes a file: URL by copying a local file onto the SD card, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from the Firefox profile directory via a crafted application.

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