CVE-2016-5251 — Improper Input Validation in Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Glance Project GlanceMozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 5
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via crafted characters in the media type of a data: URL.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox47.0.1
▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 48.0-1 (sid)
▶debiandebian/firefox-esr< firefox 48.0-1 (sid)
▶Ubuntuglance_project/glance< 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-p834-7563-6j4f: Mozilla Firefox before 48↗2022-05-17
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OSV
glance vulnerabilities↗2017-10-11
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-08-05
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OSV
CVE-2016-5251: Mozilla Firefox before 48↗2016-08-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-08-05
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Location bar spoofing via data URLs with malformed/invalid mediatypes (MFSA 2016-66)↗2016-08-02
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Debian
CVE-2016-5251: firefox - Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar vi...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5251 Mozilla: Location bar spoofing via data URLs with malformed/invalid mediatypes (MFSA 2016-66)↗2016-08-01
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