CVE-2016-1967
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 does not properly restrict the availability of IFRAME Resource Timing API times, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via crafted JavaScript code that leverages history.back and performance.getEntries calls after restoring a browser session. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7207.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1967
Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-29.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | sid | fixed | 45.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 45.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 45.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 45.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 45.0esr-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"44.0.2"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-29.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246956
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1967
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.