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CVE-2015-4516
Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 allows remote attackers to bypass certain ECMAScript 5 (aka ES5) API protection mechanisms and modify…
High9.3EPSS 2.9%
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- mozilla
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 allows remote attackers to bypass certain ECMAScript 5 (aka ES5) API protection mechanisms and modify immutable properties, and consequently execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges, via a crafted web page that does not use ES5 APIs.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=904886 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2743-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2743-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 76815 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2743-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1033640 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-109.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2743-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .