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CVE-2016-5268 (GCVE-0-2016-5268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-05 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-08-02 00:00
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