CVE-2015-7215

Description

The importScripts function in the Web Workers API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by triggering use of the no-cors mode in the fetch API to attempt resource access that throws an exception, leading to information disclosure after a rethrow.

References

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28961

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/166

https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/164

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160890

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-140.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3