CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8512

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2016-01-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-01-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

The lockscreen feature in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.5 does not properly restrict failed authentication attempts, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain access by entering many passcode guesses.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox os (<= 2.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References