CVE-2016-1965

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 mishandle a navigation sequence that returns to the original page, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving the history.back method and the location.protocol property.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.48%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245264 issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-28.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1965?
CVE-2016-1965 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1965?
To fix CVE-2016-1965, 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-2016-1965 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1965 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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