Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5271
Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: September 23, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU618
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5271
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness is caused by using of display:contents during text processing. An out-of-bounds read error in PropertyProvider::GetSpacingInternal() allows attackers to view important user's data.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in access to potentially sensitive data on the vulnerable system.
The weakness is caused by using of display:contents during text processing. An out-of-bounds read error in PropertyProvider::GetSpacingInternal() allows attackers to view important user's data.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in access to potentially sensitive data on the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5271
Update to 49.0.