What is CVE-2015-0798?

CVE-2015-0798 is a vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-04-08.

Is CVE-2015-0798 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2015-0798

The Reader mode feature in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.1 on Android, and Desktop Firefox pre-release, does not properly handle privileged URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by leveraging the ability to bypass the Same Origin Policy.

Published 2015-04-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-43.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1032029 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-0798?: CVE-2015-0798 is a vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-04-08.
Is CVE-2015-0798 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.