CVE-2016-5298

A mechanism where disruption of the loading of a new web page can cause the previous page's favicon and SSL indicator to not be reset when the new page is loaded. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop Firefox is unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227538Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227538Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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