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High
CVE-2016-2819
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270381
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
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Affected Vendor
opensuse
View all reports →Affected Software
leap, opensuse, firefox, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
42.1, 13.1, 13.2, 45.1.0, 45.1.1, 0, 8.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 13th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.