CVE-2016-2831
N/A
Published: June 13, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.html
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-254CWE-284
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