CVE-2016-5288 describes a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions 48 and 49. Specifically, if the e10s feature is disabled, malicious web content could access sensitive data stored in the HTTP cache, potentially revealing visited URLs and page content. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality but requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 49.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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