PT-2016-4934 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Jordi Chancel · Published 2016-01-26 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-1942

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 44.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user's paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2) resource: URI. This can be achieved when a user assists the attack, potentially leading to misleading information being displayed in the address bar.

Recommendations For versions prior to 44.0, update to version 44.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1057

ALT-PU-2016-1454

CVE-2016-1942

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0309-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-2880-1

USN-2880-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2088

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1937 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1942 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1942 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1930 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1933 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1942 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1935 · Vendor Advisory