cve-2015-8512
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-01-09 02:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:20
Severity ?
Summary
The lockscreen feature in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.5 does not properly restrict failed authentication attempts, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain access by entering many passcode guesses.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-151.htmlVendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181571
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-151.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181571
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