CVE-2016-2829

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.3%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2016-06-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
mozilla:firefox
opensuse:leap
opensuse:opensuse

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-57.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1

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