CVE-2016-5268 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5268?

CVE-2016-5268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 5 Aug 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5268?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5268?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-j5jj-f68h-7qh9, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5268.