CVE-2016-5292

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

Description

During URL parsing, a maliciously crafted URL can cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-5292

Assigner
security@mozilla.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-06-11T21:29:00

Last Modified Date
2018-07-30T12:43:30

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	1	OR		50.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288482	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5292
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5292

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:51				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:37:59	2018-06-11T21:29Z	2018-06-11T21:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 07:37:59		2018-07-30T12:43:30	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 07:37:59		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated