PT-2016-1816 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Sdna.Muneaki.Nishimura · Published 2016-04-26 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-2816

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 46.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism. This is achieved via the multipart/x-mixed-replace content type. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the browser.

Recommendations For versions prior to 46.0, update to version 46.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the multipart/x-mixed-replace content type until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1433

ALT-PU-2016-1454

BDU:2016-01149

CVE-2016-2816

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1211-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-2936-1

USN-2936-3

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2087

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2936-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2816 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2816 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-45 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2804 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2816 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2936-1 · Vendor Advisory