Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-4518
CVE-2015-4518
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
8- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-118.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00015.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10nvd
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