CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5268
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-254
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly set the LINKABLE and URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT flags of about: URLs that are used for error pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by misleading text after an about:neterror?d= substring.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (<= 47.0.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-83.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 security.gentoo.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-83.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 security.gentoo.org