CVE-2015-7184 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-7184?

CVE-2015-7184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 18 Oct 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

The fetch API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0.2 does not restrict access to the HTTP response body in certain situations where user credentials are supplied but the CORS cross-origin request algorithm is improperly followed, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7184?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7184?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-7184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xj5m-432r-gpqm, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7184, USN-2768-1.