CVE-2016-5282
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 does not properly restrict the scheme in favicon requests, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by a jar: URL for a favicon resource.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5282
Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-22
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 49.0-1 | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 49.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"48.0.2"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-22
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932335
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5282
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.