CVE-2016-1954 PUBLISHED

The nsCSPContext::SendReports function in dom/security/nsCSPContext.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not prevent use of a non-HTTP report-uri for a Content Security Policy (CSP) violation report, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (data overwrite) or possibly gain privileges by specifying a URL of a local file.

EPSS 2.71% · 85.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
2.71%
85.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSthunderbird0, 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSfirefox39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSthunderbird0, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2, 1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu1

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