Mozilla: Trailing whitespace in IP address hostnames can bypass same-origin policy (MFSA 2015-122)
Published Nov 5, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.10%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy for an IP address origin, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, by appending whitespace characters to an IP address string.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:38.4.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1982
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:38.4.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1982
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:38.4.0-1.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1982
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:38.4.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1982 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:38.4.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1982 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:38.4.0-1.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1982 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 | 3.10% (0.03097) | 87.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.10% (0.03097) | 86.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01664) | 81.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.56% (0.00564) | 65.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.61% (0.01610) | 70.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.56% (0.00564) | 66.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.63% (0.01633) | 88.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 1.63% (0.01633) | 87.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.63% (0.01633) | 85.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00037.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00049.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1982.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3393 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3410 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-122.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77411 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2819-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7188 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199430 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277343 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7188
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7188
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-122.html
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