CVE-2016-2827

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The mozilla::net::IsValidReferrerPolicy function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a Content Security Policy (CSP) referrer directive with zero values.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 22, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-2827: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix