CVE-2016-5298 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A mechanism where disruption of the loading of a new web page can cause the previous page's favicon and SSL indicator to not be reset when the new page is loaded. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop Firefox is unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 50
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 50.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-jj36-hqgj-h8j8: A mechanism where disruption of the loading of a new web page can cause the previous page's favicon and SSL indicator to not be reset when the new pag↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-5298: firefox - A mechanism where disruption of the loading of a new web page can cause the prev...↗2016
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