CVE-2016-1960

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-03-08

Description

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 stringparser 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-1960 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0373	2016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-0460	2016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0373	2016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-0460	2016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0373	2016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-0460	2016-03-16

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