Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-1947
Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation service, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trigger an unintended download by leveraging the absence of reputation data.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 43.0, 43.0.1, 43.0.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-11.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81949 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1947?
- CVE-2016-1947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2016-01-31.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1947?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.