CVE-2015-4478 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass the Same Origin Policy in Firefox via JSON.parse reviver, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-4478?
CVE-2015-4478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 do not impose certain ECMAScript 6 requirements on JavaScript object properties, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via the reviver parameter to the JSON.parse method.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4478?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4478?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-4478 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4478 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m7fr-3m5q-g72f, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4478.