CVE-2016-1954

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-03-08

Description

The nsCSPContext::SendReports function indom/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.

See more information about CVE-2016-1954 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0373	2016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-0460	2016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0373	2016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-0460	2016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0373	2016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-0460	2016-03-16

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