High severity · published Mar 13, 2016
CVE-2016-1960
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…
8.8
CVSS
30.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)30.9% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 44.0.2; 38.0; 38.0.1; 38.0.5; 38.1.0; 38.1.1; +8 more · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
5.0; 6; 7 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise · Suse
12.0 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
through 38.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1960
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1960
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html
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