CVE-2016-2821

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)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.76% LOW
3% probability -0.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::Element class in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2, when contenteditable mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering deletion of DOM elements that were created in the editor.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 2.76%• Percentile: 86%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • mozilla•firefox

    ≤ 46.0.1 | 45.1.0 | 45.1.1

  • opensuse•leap

    42.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

References (11)