CVE-2015-2741

Mozilla: Key pinning is ignored when overridable errors are encountered (MFSA 2015-67)

Published Jul 6, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 do not enforce key pinning upon encountering an X.509 certificate problem that generates a user dialog, which allows user-assisted man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by triggering a (1) expired certificate or (2) mismatched hostname for a domain with pinning enabled.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2831 Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 do not enforce key pinning upon encountering an X.509 certificate problem that generates a user dialog, which allows user-assisted man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by triggering a (1) expired certificate or (2) mismatched hostname for a domain with pinning enabled.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2656-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2656-2 Firefox vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 5:24 AM
Reserved
Mar 25, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 6, 2015, 2:01 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:24 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 2, 2015, 12:00 AM