CVE-2016-2831

8.8 HIGH
Published: June 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 do not ensure that the user approves the fullscreen and pointerlock settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI outage), or conduct clickjacking or spoofing attacks, via a crafted web site.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261933
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking Permissions Required
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261933
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Permissions Required

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
71th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-254 CWE-284

Affected Vendors

mozilla opensuse canonical debian

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