Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-0812
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS spoofing attack against a mozilla.org subdomain.
EPSS: 0.013 (66.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 36.0.4
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-0812?
- CVE-2015-0812 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-04-01.
- Is CVE-2015-0812 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.