vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2831): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 9, 2016
Added
Jun 9, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 do not ensure that the user approves the fullscreen and pointerlock settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI outage), or conduct clickjacking or spoofing attacks, via a crafted web site.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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