CVE-2015-7211

Published: Dec 16, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (6)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse

1 product

1 product

2 products

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 42.0

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 22
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 23

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (22)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-141.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221444

Source: security@mozilla.org

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

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html