CVE-2016-2831

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedJun 13, 2016
First seenJun 13, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefox45.1.0, 45.1.1, v ≤ 46.0.1—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04—
debian debian_linux8.0—
opensuse leap42.1—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—

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