CVE-2016-5266

HIGH 8.1CVE-2016-5266 · Published 05/08/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5266 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting firefox (mozilla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 76.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`≤ 47.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web site.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-81.html · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/92260
securitytracker.com/id/1036508
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

firefox

mozilla

≤ 47.0.1

No fix yet

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