First published: Mon Jun 13 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =15.10 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Mozilla Firefox | <=46.0.1 | |
openSUSE | =42.1 | |
openSUSE | =13.1 | |
openSUSE | =13.2 |
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CVE-2016-2829 is rated as a moderate severity vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2016-2829, update your Mozilla Firefox to version 47.0 or later.
CVE-2016-2829 primarily affects users of Mozilla Firefox version 46.0.1 and earlier on various Linux distributions.
CVE-2016-2829 exploits a weakness that allows attackers to spoof permission notifications through rapid permission request triggers.
A temporary workaround for CVE-2016-2829 is to disable permissions for microphone and geolocation in Firefox settings.