CVE-2016-1958
Moderate
CVE-2016-1958
browser/base/content/browser.js in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a javascript: URL.
Exploit probability
2.2%
Published
March 13, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-1958
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browser/base/content/browser.js in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a javascript: URL.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/80ce3f1ffe03
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-21.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228754
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06