CVE-2015-4502

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

js/src/proxy/Proxy.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 mishandles certain receiver arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended window access restrictions via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 40.0.3

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-108.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76815
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1105045
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/dc21224de25b

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