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CVE-2015-4495

8.8, high Known exploited

Mozilla Firefox Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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CVSS
8.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
69% higher than 99.3% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
8 Aug 201511 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 25 May 2022. US federal agencies had to remediate by 15 Jun 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.

Details

Vendor
Mozilla and 5 more
Product
Firefox
Weakness
CWE-346 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
security@mozilla.org

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 18

Exploit code 1

Patches and fixes 1

Advisories 13

5 more

Other references 3

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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  • CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability KEV EPSS 2% 9.6, critical
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  • CVE-2020-6820 Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability KEV EPSS 7% 8.1, high
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  • CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability KEV EPSS 56% 10, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.