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CVE-2016-2819in critical feed1 exploit

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
24.0%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

23.96% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-44293 Firefox 46.0.1 - ASM.JS JIT-Spray Remote Code Execution · remote · 2018-03-16

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1036057 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1217 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/44293/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1270381 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-2993-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/91075 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3600 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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