CVE-2016-1965 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by manipulating navigation sequences involving history.back and location.protocol, affecting various Mozilla and OpenSUSE products. With a CVSS v3 score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a low impact on integrity (I:L), meaning an attacker could trick users into believing they are on a legitimate site. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 44.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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