VDB
CVE-2016-5265
CVE-2016-5265
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same local directory.
EPSS 1.25% · 68.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
1.25%
68.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | *, *, * |
Timeline
- Aug 3, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 22, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 5, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5265 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-80/ third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278013 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3044-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5265 third-party-advisory