CVE-2015-4490 (GCVE-0-2015-4490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-16 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18
VLAI
Summary
The nsCSPHostSrc::permits function in dom/security/nsCSPUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 does not implement the Content Security Policy Level 2 exceptions for the blob, data, and filesystem URL schemes during wildcard source-expression matching, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging unexpected policy-enforcement behavior.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 512 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2015-08-11 00:00
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