CVE-2015-4518

Firefox < 41.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via Reader View SVG Animation

Title source: llm

Description

The Reader View implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 has an improper whitelist, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving SVG animations and the about:reader URL.

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

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

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-118.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

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

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136692

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182778

Scores

EPSS 0.0115

EPSS Percentile 78.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

mozilla/firefox < 41.0.2

Published Nov 05, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026