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Status published
High
CVE-2016-1942
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189082
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81948
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-09.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
leap, opensuse, firefox
Vulnerable Versions:
42.1, 13.1, 13.2, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 31st, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.