CVE-2016-5282 (GCVE-0-2016-5282)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-22 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfs… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932335 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Date Public
2016-09-20 00:00
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