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CVE-2016-5268
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-05T01:59:24.207 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:05.350

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly set the LINKABLE and URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT flags of about: URLs that are used for error pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by misleading text after an about:neterror?d= substring.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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References

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