Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-1967
Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 does not properly restrict the availability of IFRAME Resource Timing API times, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via crafted JavaScript code that leverages history.back and performance.getEntries calls after restoring a browser session. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7207.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.022 (81.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1967?
- CVE-2016-1967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-03-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1967?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1967 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.