Mozilla: Cross-site reading attack through data: and view-source: URIs (MFSA 2015-149)
Published Dec 16, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.06%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.5 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via data: and view-source: URIs.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 38.0
- 38.0.1
- 38.0.5
- 38.1.0
- 38.1.1
- 38.2.0
- 38.2.1
- 38.3.0
- 38.4.0
Configuration 4
- 22
- 23
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:38.5.0-2.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2657
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:38.5.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0001
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:38.5.0-2.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2657
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:38.5.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0001
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:38.5.0-3.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2657
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:38.5.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0001
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:38.5.0-2.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2657 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:38.5.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0001 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:38.5.0-2.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2657 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:38.5.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0001 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:38.5.0-3.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2657 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:38.5.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0001 |
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:N/A:N
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.06% (0.06058) | 93.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.06% (0.06058) | 92.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 15.48% (0.15477) | 94.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.13% (0.06135) | 89.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 54.41% (0.54405) | 97.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 6.13% (0.06135) | 89.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 54.41% (0.54405) | 97.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 36.97% (0.36967) | 96.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 54.41% (0.54405) | 97.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 36.97% (0.36967) | 96.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.85% (0.01854) | 88.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 2.74% (0.02736) | 90.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 10, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00456) | 75.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.74% (0.02736) | 88.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 37.15% (0.37149) | 97.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 37.15% (0.37149) | 97.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (27)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2657.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3422 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3432 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-149.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79279 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2859-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7214 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228950 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291600 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7214
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7214
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-149.html
Change history (0)
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