Mozilla: Cross-origin information leak through web workers error events (MFSA 2015-140)
Published Dec 16, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.53%
Description
The importScripts function in the Web Workers API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by triggering use of the no-cors mode in the fetch API to attempt resource access that throws an exception, leading to information disclosure after a rethrow.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird 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: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 2, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02529) | 84.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02529) | 82.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.16% (0.00160) | 34.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00404) | 74.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00404) | 73.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00404) | 69.62th | 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 (19)
- 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-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- 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://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-140.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280 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
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7215 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160890 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291588 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/164 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/166 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7215
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7215
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-140.html
- https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28961 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
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