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)

EPSS: 0.013 (66.9th 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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android
Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.