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CVE-2015-2711

Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 does not recognize a referrer policy delivered by a referrer META element in cases of context-menu navigation and middle-click navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading web-server Referer logs that contain private data in a URL, as demonstrated by a private path component.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2015-2711 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from opensuse, from mozilla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2015-05-14T10:59:04.430

Last Modified

2026-06-17T00:24:35.853

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 37.0.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-49.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113431 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-49.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113431 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For opensuse's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.