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CVE-2015-0822 json

The Form Autocompletion feature in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 allows remote att…

published 2015-02-25 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-0835

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Form Autocompletion feature in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted JavaScript code.

Patch / fix

  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0822

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  • firefox RHEL 7 31.5.0-2.ael7b_1
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 31.5.0-2.el7_1
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 31.5.0-2.ael7b_1
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 31.5.0-1.el5_11
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 31.5.0-1.el6_6
  • firefox RHEL 5 31.5.0-1.el5_11
  • firefox RHEL 6 31.5.0-1.el6_6
  • firefox RHEL 7 31.5.0-2.el7_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0629RHSA-2015:0642RHSA-2015:0266RHSA-2015:0265

  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 31.5.0esr-24.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0412-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-0822 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: Reading of local files through manipulation of form autocomplete (MFSA 2015-24)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 31.5.0-1.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 31.5.0-2.el7_0, xulrunner 31.5.0-1.el7_0, thunderbird 31.5.0-2.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 31.5.0-2.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) xulrunner 31.5.0-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 31.5.0-1.el5_11, thunderbird 31.5.0-1.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 31.5.0-1.el6_6, thunderbird 31.5.0-1.el6_6
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 31.5.0-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 31.5.0-1.el6_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0265
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 31.5.0-1.el5_11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0266
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 31.5.0-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 31.5.0-2.el7_0, firefox 31.5.0-2.ael7b_1, xulrunner 31.5.0-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 31.5.0-1.el6_6, thunderbird 31.5.0-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 31.5.0-2.el7_0, xulrunner 31.5.0-1.el7_0, thunderbird 31.5.0-2.el7_1, thunderbird 31.5.0-2.ael7b_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 31.5.0-1.el6_6, thunderbird 31.5.0-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 31.5.0-2.el7_0, xulrunner 31.5.0-1.el7_0, thunderbird 31.5.0-2.el7_1
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 31.5.0-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 31.5.0-2.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0265

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Exploit prediction

2.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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