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CVE-2016-1947

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1947 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 43.x where the browser improperly handles connections to its Application Reputation service. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger unintended downloads due to the absence of reputation data, primarily affecting canonical, mozilla, and opensuse products. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction with low impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1947Moderate

Mozilla: Application Reputation service disabled in Firefox 43 (MFSA 2016-11)

Jan 26, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-06
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-11.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/81949
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1034825
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2880-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2880-2
Third Party Advisory