Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2015-4495

Mozilla Firefox Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Past federal due date 6 public exploits Added 25 May 2022 Due 15 Jun 2022 · 1509 days ago
VendorMozilla
ProductFirefox
WeaknessCWE-200
RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

Moxilla Firefox allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy to read arbitrary files or gain privileges.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

6 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

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Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified July 31, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.