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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-5251
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the...
Vulnerability Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via crafted characters in the media type of a data: URL.
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/1036508
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-66.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255570
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 5th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.