SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-5282

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.61%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.61% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
mozilla/firefox
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.