Security Features Affecting mozilla package, versions [,47.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377352
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Aug 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5268  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 47.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Security Features. Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly set the LINKABLE and URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT flags of about: URLs that are used for error pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by misleading text after an about:neterror?d= substring.

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