Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-8512

Description

The lockscreen feature in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.5 does not properly restrict failed authentication attempts, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain access by entering many passcode guesses.

Affected products

Mozilla Corporation/Firefox Os
cpe:2.3:o:mozilla:firefox_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.2

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-151.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd

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