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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 80 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 48.0Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.3 | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/yasm to version 1.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefox | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade firefox-fontconfigUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbols | Aug 22, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
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