CVE-2015-0798

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2015-0798 · Published 08/04/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-0798 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting firefox (mozilla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`≤ 37.0`	No fix yet

Description

The Reader mode feature in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.1 on Android, and Desktop Firefox pre-release, does not properly handle privileged URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by leveraging the ability to bypass the Same Origin Policy.

References

mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-43.html · Vendor Advisory
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1032029 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

firefox

mozilla

≤ 37.0

No fix yet

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