CVE-2015-7191

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Published Nov 5, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 on Android improperly restricts URL strings in intents, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving an intent: URL and fallback navigation, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-7123	Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 on Android improperly restricts URL strings in intents, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving an intent: URL and fallback navigation, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.467% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-125.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208956
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Mozilla Firefox

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:43 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: Nov 5, 2015, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:43 AM
Reserved: Sep 16, 2015, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 5, 2015, 5:59 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM

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