CVE-2015-8512

The lockscreen feature in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.5 does not properly restrict failed authentication attempts, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain access by entering many passcode guesses.

Score

CVSS 3.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - security@mozilla.org

Published

2016-01-09

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Firefox Os (Mozilla)

References

• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-151.html
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181571