CVE-2015-7195

Mozilla: Certain escaped characters in host of Location-header are being treated as non-escaped (MFSA 2015-129)

Published Nov 5, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The URL parsing implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 improperly recognizes escaped characters in hostnames within Location headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a redirect.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7127 The URL parsing implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 improperly recognizes escaped characters in hostnames within Location headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a redirect.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2785-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:43 AM
Reserved
Sep 16, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 5, 2015, 5:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 4, 2015, 12:00 AM