High severity · published Jun 13, 2016
CVE-2016-2831
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…
8.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
45.1.0; 45.1.1; through 46.0.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2831
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2831
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.html
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
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