CVE-2016-5251

low-risk
Published 2016-08-05

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via crafted characters in the media type of a data: URL.

Do I need to act?

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0.55% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (16)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
Vendor Advisory http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-66.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255570
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
Vendor Advisory http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-66.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255570
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal