UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4518

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4518
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4518.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4518
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-4518
Downstream
Related
Published
2015-11-04T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:24Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The Reader View implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 has an improper whitelist, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving SVG animations and the about:reader URL.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

24.*

24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

25.*

25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

28.*

28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2
28.0+build1-0ubuntu1
28.0+build2-0ubuntu1
28.0+build2-0ubuntu2

29.*

29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

30.*

30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3

31.*

31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

32.*

32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

33.*

33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

34.*

34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

35.*

35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

36.*

36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

37.*

37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

38.*

38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

39.*

39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

40.*

40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

41.*

41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
41.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-globalmenu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "firefox-testsuite"
        }
    ]
}