CVE-2016-5267

MEDIUM

Firefox < 48.0 on Android - Address Bar Spoofing via Left-to-Right Character Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via left-to-right characters in conjunction with a right-to-left character set.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284372

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 58.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox < 47.0.1
Published Aug 05, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026