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TI-2016-01781 Aliases CVE-2016-1947GHSA-gfv8-8p3g-4px7

Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation…

Priority LOW 25CWE-19Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation service, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trigger an unintended download by leveraging the absence of reputation data.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01934 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*12.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.2VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*43.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*43.0.1VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*43.0.2VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 43.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 43.0.1 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 43.0.2 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*43.0.3VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*43.0.4VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 43.0.3 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:43.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 43.0.4 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1947
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfv8-8p3g-4px7

References

Advisory 7

Sources

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