CVE-2016-1942 Other in n/a
Attackers can spoof the address bar display in Firefox by leveraging user-assisted pasting of specific URIs, potentially misleading users about the current site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-1942?
CVE-2016-1942 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 31 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1942?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1942?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-1942 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1942 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f5p6-qx62-vpqv, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1942.