CVE-2016-5298

MEDIUM

Firefox < 50.0 - Favicon and SSL Indicator Spoofing via Page Load Disruption

Title source: llm

Description

A mechanism where disruption of the loading of a new web page can cause the previous page's favicon and SSL indicator to not be reset when the new page is loaded. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop Firefox is unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227538

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0064

EPSS Percentile 70.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (1)

mozilla/firefox < 50.0

Published Jun 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026