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CVE-2016-2831 Details

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 do not ensure that the user approves the fullscreen and pointerlock settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI outage), or conduct clickjacking or spoofing attacks, via a crafted web site.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261933 CVEIssue TrackingPermissions Required

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-2547PK - Security Features[email protected]
CWE-284Improper Access Control[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
15.10
16.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox
45.1.0
45.1.1
<= 46.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
42.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse
13.1
13.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2831
NVD Published Date:
Jun 13, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2831 Details - Not Deferred