Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5283
Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: September 23, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU621
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5283
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness is caused by timing attack performing. A cross-origin 'iframe src' tag fragment timing attack may reveal private data using document resizes and link colors.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in disclose potentially sensitive data on the vulnerable system.
The weakness is caused by timing attack performing. A cross-origin 'iframe src' tag fragment timing attack may reveal private data using document resizes and link colors.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in disclose potentially sensitive data on the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5283
Update to 49.0.