CVE-2016-5265

Publication date 3 August 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N