Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-0821
Mozilla Firefox before 36.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that is accessed with unspecified mouse and keyboard actions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-25.html (Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72758 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031791 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00067.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2505-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-0821?
- CVE-2015-0821 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-02-25.
- Is CVE-2015-0821 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.