Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox
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 headers. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7208.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-04.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1939?
- CVE-2016-1939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-01-31.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1939?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.