CVE-2016-2813

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-04-26
Bugzilla:
1330278: CVE-2016-2813 Mozilla: Disclosure of user actions through JavaScript with motion and orientation sensors (MFSA 2016-43)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Android does not properly restrict JavaScript access to orientation and motion data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a device's physical environment, and possibly discover PIN values, via a crafted web site, a similar issue to CVE-2016-1780.

Find out more about CVE-2016-2813 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Maryam Mehrnezhad as the original reporter.

External References

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