CVE-2016-1942

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted 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.

Category

7.4
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.73% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189082
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81948 vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-09.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1942?
CVE-2016-1942 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1942?
To fix CVE-2016-1942, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1942 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1942 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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