CVE-2016-1955
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2917-2
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information by reading a Content Security Policy (CSP) violation report that contains path information associated with an IFRAME element.
Mozilla Firefoz en versiones anteriores a 45.0 permite a atacantes remotos eludir la Same Origin Policy y obtener información sensible leyendo un informe de violación de Content Security Policy (CSP) que contiene información de ruta asociada con un elemento IFRAME.
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
- 2025-07-10 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CAPEC
References (12)
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 | Vdb Entry | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208946 | X_refsource_confirm |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
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" | - |
Affected
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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" | - |
Affected
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