CVE-2016-1965

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0 Firefox ESR versions 38.x prior to 38.7

Description The issue is related to errors in the implementation of the back button functionality. It can be exploited by a remote attacker to spoof the address bar using the history.back method and the location.protocol property. This could potentially allow an attacker to deceive users about the actual website they are visiting.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions 38.x prior to 38.7, update to version 38.7 or later.