// For flags

CVE-2016-2832

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2993-1

Severity Score

4.3
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 allows remote attackers to discover the list of disabled plugins via a fingerprinting attack involving Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) pseudo-classes.

Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 47.0 permite a atacantes remotos descubrir la lista de plugins deshabilitadas a través de un ataque de huellas dactilares involucrando pseudo clases Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Tyson Smith, Timothy Nikkel, Sylvestre Ledru, Julian Seward, Olli Pettay, Karl Tomlinson, Christoph Diehl, Julian Hector, Jan de Mooij, Mats Palmgren, and Tooru Fujisawa 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. A buffer overflow was discovered when parsing HTML5 fragments in some circumstances. 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. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-03-01 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-06-09 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"
 12.04
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"
lts
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"
 14.04
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"
lts
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"
 15.10
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "15.10"
-
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"
 16.04
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"
lts
Affected
Mozilla
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 Firefox
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 <= 46.0.1
Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 46.0.1"
-
Affected
Opensuse
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 Leap
Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"
 42.1
Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1"
-
Affected
Opensuse
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 Opensuse
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 13.1
Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"
-
Affected
Opensuse
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 Opensuse
Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"
 13.2
Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"
-
Affected