CVE-2015-7207 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass Same Origin Policy to obtain sensitive timing information via crafted JavaScript, requiring user interaction.

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-2015-7207?

CVE-2015-7207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 16 Dec 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 43.0 does not properly restrict the availability of IFRAME Resource Timing API times, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via crafted JavaScript code that leverages history.back and performance.getEntries calls, a related issue to CVE-2015-1300.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7207?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7207?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-7207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5845-x3vj-jgw8, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7207.

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