CVE-2016-1947

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation service, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trigger an unintended download by leveraging the absence of reputation data.

Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation service, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trigger an unintended download by leveraging the absence of reputation data.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2016-01-31 18:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04

15.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

openSUSE Leap 42.1

42.1

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

Mozilla Firefox 43.0

43.0

Mozilla Firefox 43.0.1

43.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 43.0.2

43.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 43.0.3

43.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 43.0.4

43.0.4

References

openSUSE-SU-2016:0306

Third Party Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:0309

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-11.html

Vendor Advisory

81949

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1034825

USN-2880-1

Third Party Advisory

USN-2880-2

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237103

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

GLSA-201605-06

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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