CVE-2016-1942
Published: 26 January 2016
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user's paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2) resource: URI.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | mfsa2016-09 refers to both Firefox for Android and Desktop Firefox |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
|
| trusty |
Released
(44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(44.0)
|
|
| vivid |
Released
(44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1)
|
|
| wily |
Released
(44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1)
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| vivid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.4 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |