CVE-2016-1942

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user's paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2) resource: URI.

CVSS v3.0 7.4 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

7.4^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-09.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189082
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81948
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-01-31 10:59

Updated : 2018-10-30 09:27

NVD link : CVE-2016-1942

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1942

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

opensuse

opensuse
leap

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