CVE-2016-9076 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxDebian Firefox-esr
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An issue where a "" dropdown menu can be used to cover location bar content, resulting in potential spoofing attacks. This attack requires e10s to be enabled in order to function. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 50.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 50
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 50.0
▶debiandebian/firefox-esr< firefox 50.0-1 (sid)
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-rj4h-3hm7-277q: An issue where a "" dropdown menu can be used to cover location bar content, resulting in potential spoofing attacks↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-11-19
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OSV
CVE-2016-9076: An issue where a "" dropdown menu can be used to cover location bar content, resulting in potential spoofing attacks↗2016-11-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-11-19
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Red Hat
firefox: select dropdown menu can be used for URL bar spoofing on e10s↗2016-11-15
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Debian
CVE-2016-9076: firefox - An issue where a "<select>" dropdown menu can be used to cover location bar cont...↗2016
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9076 firefox: select dropdown menu can be used for URL bar spoofing on e10s↗2016-11-18
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