CVE-2016-2819

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 13 Jun 2016, 10:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
58/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
64.66% CRITICAL
65% probability -1.97%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Jun 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

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: 64.66%• Percentile: 98%

Techniques & Countermeasures

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

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • mozilla•firefox

    45.1.0 | 45.1.1 | ≤ 46.0.1

  • opensuse•leap

    42.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

References (12)