CVE-2016-5267 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via left-to-right characters in conjunction with a right-to-left character set.

Published: 2016-08-05

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6218	Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via left-to-right characters in conjunction with a right-to-left character set.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00369.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-82.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284372
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-08-05T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.950Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5267

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-05T01:59:23.050

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5267

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

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