CVE-2016-2819

Published: Jun 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (11)

Products: Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse · Mozilla: Firefox · Debian: Debian Linux · +1 more

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Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse · Mozilla: Firefox · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

2 products

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Version 45.1.0
Mozilla Firefox	Version 45.1.1

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Configuration D

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 46.0.1

Configuration E

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04

Related CWEs

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.

References (24)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270381

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293/

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html