Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2829
CVE-2016-2829
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 allows remote attackers to spoof permission notifications via a crafted web site that rapidly triggers permission requests, as demonstrated by the microphone permission or the geolocation permission.
Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-57.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
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