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
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932335Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932335Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.