CVE-2016-2831

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.

• CWE-254
• CWE-284

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261933Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-58.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261933Issue Tracking, Permissions Required

Published

Jun 13, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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