CVE-2015-7195

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

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The URL parsing implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 improperly recognizes escaped characters in hostnames within Location headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a redirect.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox

Mozilla

1 product

Firefox

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 41.0.2

Related CWEs

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (14)

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

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-129.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

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1211871

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