Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2016-5282

Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 does not properly restrict the scheme in favicon requests, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by a jar: URL for a favicon resource.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.016 (73.5th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5282?
CVE-2016-5282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-5282?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.