Medium severity · published Jan 31, 2016
CVE-2016-1939
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 stores cookies with names containing vertical tab characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading HTTP Cookie…
5.3
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 stores cookies with names containing vertical tab characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading HTTP Cookie headers. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7208.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 43.0.4 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1939
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1939
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-04.html
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1
www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2
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