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CVE-2016-2831

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 do not ensure that the user approves the fullscreen and pointerlock settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI outage), or conduct clickjacking or spoofing attacks, via a crafted web site.

Published

2016-06-13T10:59:12.197

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-254
    CWE-284
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 45.1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 45.1.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System opensuse leap 42.1 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 13.1 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 13.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox ≤ 46.0.1 Yes
References