What is CVE-2016-5298?

CVE-2016-5298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-5298?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Google Android

CVE-2016-5298

A mechanism where disruption of the loading of a new web page can cause the previous page's favicon and SSL indicator to not be reset when the new page is loaded. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop Firefox is unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-06-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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 (68.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.4% 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

Google Android
Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5298?: CVE-2016-5298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-5298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.