CVE-2016-5268
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 5, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 3, 2016
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly set the LINKABLE and URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT flags of about: URLs that are used for error pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by misleading text after an about:neterror?d= substring.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 1036508vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673
- USN-3044-1vendor-advisory
- 92260vdb-entry
- GLSA-201701-15vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1964vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2026vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-83.html
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