CVE-2016-1947 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1947?

CVE-2016-1947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-19

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1947?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1947?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-1947 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gfv8-8p3g-4px7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1947.