CVE-2016-5282

Mozilla: Don't allow content to request favicons from non-whitelisted schemes (MFSA 2016-85)

Published Sep 22, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 does not properly restrict the scheme in favicon requests, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by a jar: URL for a favicon resource.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6233 Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 does not properly restrict the scheme in favicon requests, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by a jar: URL for a favicon resource.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3076-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 12:53 AM
Reserved
Jun 3, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 22, 2016, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:49 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 20, 2016, 12:00 AM