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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4538 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2785-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:18:11.691Z

Reserved: 2015-06-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-4518

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-11-05T05:59:04.570

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-4518

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-11-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4518 - Bugzilla

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