PT-2016-2196 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Me · Published 2016-06-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-2831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 47.0 Firefox ESR versions 45.x prior to 45.2

Description The issue is related to inadequate access control in the browsers, which can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted web site. This can lead to a denial of service, causing the user interface to fail, or allow the attacker to conduct clickjacking or spoofing attacks.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 47.0, update to version 47.0 or later to resolve the issue. For Firefox ESR versions 45.x prior to 45.2, update to version 45.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1630

ALT-PU-2017-1578

BDU:2016-01549

CESA-2016_1217

CVE-2016-2831

DLA-521-1

DSA-3600-1

MGASA-2016-0220

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1552-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1557-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:1217

RHSA-2016_1217

SUSE-SU-2016:1691-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1799-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1

USN-2993-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2125

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-51 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0220.html · Security Note
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2822 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2819 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2828 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-58 · Vendor Advisory