CVE-2015-7191

Published: Nov 5, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

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)."

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox

Mozilla

1 product

Firefox

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 41.0.2

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Google Android	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (12)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-125.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208956

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html