CVE-2015-2742 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive key press information from Firefox crash reports on OS X, exposing user data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2742?
CVE-2015-2742 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 6 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Mozilla Firefox before 39.0 on OS X includes native key press information during the logging of crashes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a crash-reporting data stream.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2742?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Oracle Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2742?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-2742 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2742 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhfv-25pm-fp3g.