CVE-2016-5270
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 3.96 % · percentile 90 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mozilla
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (boolean out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via Unicode characters that are mishandled during text conversion.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1291016
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-6221
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-5270
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-317 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Mozilla Firefox · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 48.0.2cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |