Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In August 2016
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via left-to-right characters in conjunction with a right-to-left character set.
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2016-08-05
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web site.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2016-08-05
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same local directory.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2016-08-05
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsNodeUtils::NativeAnonymousChildListChange function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an SVG element that is mishandled during effect application.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.01
Published
2016-08-05
The nsDisplayList::HitTest function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 mishandles rendering display transformation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion."
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.008
Published
2016-08-05
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 process JavaScript event-handler attributes of a MARQUEE element within a sandboxed IFRAME element that lacks the sandbox="allow-scripts" attribute value, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2016-08-05
Integer overflow in the WebSocketChannel class in the WebSockets subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that trigger incorrect buffer-resize operations during buffering.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.011
Published
2016-08-05
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 mishandles changes from 'INPUT type="password"' to 'INPUT type="text"' within a single Session Manager session, which might allow attackers to discover cleartext passwords by reading a session restoration file.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2016-08-05
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a script that closes its own Service Worker within a nested sync event loop.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.011
Published
2016-08-05
Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC socket thread in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging incorrect free operations on DTLS objects during the shutdown of a WebRTC session.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.011
Published
2016-08-05