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CVE-2016-2838

Date: August 4, 2016

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directional content in an SVG document.

Severity Score

Related Resources (16)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2838
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279814
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2838
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-64.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2838
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2838
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2838

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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