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CVE-2015-4498

Published: 27 August 2015

The add-on installation feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by constructing a crafted data: URL and triggering navigation to an arbitrary http: or https: URL at a certain early point in the installation process.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (40.0.3)
precise
Released (40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])
vivid
Released (40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1)