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CVE-2015-7195 (GCVE-0-2015-7195)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-05 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:43
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Summary
The URL parsing implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 improperly recognizes escaped characters in hostnames within Location headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a redirect.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2015-11-03 00:00
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