Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5282
Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: September 23, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU620
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-2016-5282
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 non-whitelisted protocols. Prohibition of content request to favicons from non-whitelisted schemes 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 non-whitelisted protocols. Prohibition of content request to favicons from non-whitelisted schemes 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-2016-5282
Update to 49.0.