CVE-2015-7208 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information by reading HTTP Cookie headers containing vertical tab characters in Mozilla Firefox.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-7208?

CVE-2015-7208 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 16 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 stores cookies containing vertical tab characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading HTTP Cookie headers.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7208?

It affects 4 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2015-7208?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-7208 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m3g3-73hc-9hqr, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7208.

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