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CVE-2016-2839

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 on Linux make cairo _cairo_surface_get_extents calls that do not properly inte…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 on Linux make cairo _cairo_surface_get_extents calls that do not properly interact with libav header allocation in FFmpeg 0.10, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted video.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.79% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1275339 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036508 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3044-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-65.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-15 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92261 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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