Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-2829
Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 allows remote attackers to spoof permission notifications via a crafted web site that rapidly triggers permission requests, as demonstrated by the microphone permission or the geolocation permission.
Published · last modified .
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:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (70.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-57.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-2829?
- CVE-2016-2829 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-06-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-2829?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.