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CVE-2015-4495
n/a n/a — Mozilla Firefox
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U H H H 8.8 .6856 99.3 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
n/a n/a – —
TIMELINE
Jun 10 Reserved by mozilla
Aug 8 Published (CNA: mozilla)
May 25 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-15
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| June 10, 2015 | Reserved | Reserved by mozilla |
| August 8, 2015 | Published | Published (CNA: mozilla) |
| May 25, 2022 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-15 |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| n/a | n/a | — | n/a | — |
References (18)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00009.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00010.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1581.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-78.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76249 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033216 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK]
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2707-1 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU]
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/ [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178058 [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179262 [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-4495 [government-resource]
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37772/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2015-4495 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
