#VU618 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5271 

 

#VU618 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5271

Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: September 23, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU618
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2016-5271
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

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.

Remediation

Update to 49.0.

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