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High
CVE-2016-2831
Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2...
Vulnerability Description
Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 do not ensure that the user approves the fullscreen and pointerlock settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI outage), or conduct clickjacking or spoofing attacks, via a crafted web site.
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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261933
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
ubuntu linux, firefox, debian linux, leap, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04, 45.1.0, 45.1.1, 0, 8.0, 42.1, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 13th, 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:L/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.