CVE-2016-1960

high

Description

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging mishandling of end tags, as demonstrated by incorrect SVG processing, aka ZDI-CAN-3545.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44294/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42484/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246014

http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-198/

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-23.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-03-13

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High