# CVE-2016-5250: Mozilla Firefox before 48.0, Firefox ESR \< 45.4 and Thunderbird \< 45.4 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the prev

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-08-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0, Firefox ESR < 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the previously retrieved page via Resource Timing API calls.

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-84.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254688
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html

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