CVE-2015-7223

MEDIUM 4.0CVE-2015-7223 · Published 16/12/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-7223 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability affecting firefox (mozilla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`≤ 42.0`	No fix yet

Description

The WebExtension APIs in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allow remote attackers to gain privileges, and possibly obtain sensitive information or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via a crafted web site.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html · Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-148.html · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/79280
securitytracker.com/id/1034426
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

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