CVE-2015-2742 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

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.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xhfv-25pm-fp3g.

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