CVE-2016-5288

Publication date 25 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Web content could access information in the HTTP cache if e10s is disabled. This can reveal some visited URLs and the contents of those pages. This issue affects Firefox 48 and 49. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 49.0.2.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3111-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 27 October 2016

Other references