CVE-2016-1961

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 18
Modified
Published: 13 Mar 2016, 18:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.75% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Mar 2016, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody function in dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.75%• Percentile: 73%

Affected Systems

  • mozilla•firefox

    ≤ 44.0.2 | 38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | 38.3.0 | 38.4.0 | 38.5.0 | 38.5.1 | 38.6.0 | 38.6.1

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    ≤ 38.6.0

  • opensuse•leap

    42.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

  • oracle•linux

    5.0 | 6 | 7

  • suse•linux_enterprise

    12.0

References (24)