cve/2016/CVE-2016-5298.md

### [CVE-2016-5298](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5298)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Firefox&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%2050%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=SSL%20indicator%20can%20mislead%20the%20user%20about%20the%20real%20URL%20visited&color=brighgreen)

### Description

A mechanism where disruption of the loading of a new web page can cause the previous page's favicon and SSL indicator to not be reset when the new page is loaded. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop Firefox is unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227538

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.