CVE-2016-5251 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0, allowing remote attackers to spoof the location bar through specially crafted characters within the media type of a data: URL. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, primarily impacting integrity with no confidentiality or availability concerns. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 47.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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