Mozilla: Privilege escalation through SVG navigation (MFSA 2015-28)
Published Mar 24, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.15%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 36.0.4, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.33.1 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via vectors involving SVG hash navigation.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 36.0.3
- 31.0
- 31.1.0
- 31.1.1
- 31.3.0
- 31.5.1
- 31.5.2
- 31.1
- 31.2
- 31.3
- 31.4
- 31.5
- ≤ 2.33.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:31.5.3-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0718
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:31.5.3-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0718
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:31.5.3-3.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0718
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:31.5.3-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0718 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:31.5.3-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0718 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:31.5.3-3.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0718 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of thunderbird package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.15% (0.03152) | 87.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03187) | 86.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 2.09% (0.02087) | 83.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 74.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.89% (0.02890) | 77.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 74.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.16% (0.05156) | 92.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 3, 2024 | 6.76% (0.06761) | 94.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.81% (0.07808) | 93.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00026.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00029.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00035.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00096.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0718.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-28.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73265 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031959 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2538-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0818 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1144988 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204363 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0818
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0818
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-28
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