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CVE-2015-7211

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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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-12-16

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00608

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