CVE-2016-1954
Mozilla: Local file overwriting and potential privilege escalation through CSP reports (MFSA 2016-17)
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The nsCSPContext::SendReports function in dom/security/nsCSPContext.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not prevent use of a non-HTTP report-uri for a Content Security Policy (CSP) violation report, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (data overwrite) or possibly gain privileges by specifying a URL of a local file.
La función nsCSPContext::SendReports en dom/security/nsCSPContext.cpp en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.7 no previene el uso de una URL de informe no HTTP para un informe de violación de Content Security Policy (CSP), lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (sobreescripción de datos) o posiblemente ganar privilegios especificando el URL de un archivo local."
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylanki discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-01-20 CVE Reserved
- 2016-03-09 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CAPEC
References (25)
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html | Third Party Advisory |
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 | Vdb Entry | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243178 | Issue Tracking |
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http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/5154bb929236 | 2019-12-27 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | <= 44.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 44.0.2" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.1" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.5" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.1" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.2.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.1" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.3.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.4.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.5.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.1" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.6.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 38.6.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.1" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | <= 38.6.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 38.6.0" | - |
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Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise" | 12 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise" and version "12" | - |
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1" | - |
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1" | - |
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2" | - |
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Oracle Search vendor "Oracle" | Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" | 5.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "5.0" | - |
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Oracle Search vendor "Oracle" | Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" | 6 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "6" | - |
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Oracle Search vendor "Oracle" | Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" | 7 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "7" | - |
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