CVE-2016-5268
N/A
Published: August 5, 2016 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly set the LINKABLE and URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT flags of about: URLs that are used for error pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by misleading text after an about:neterror?d= substring.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-83.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-254
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