CVE-2016-1961

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-03-08

Description


Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody functionin dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.

See more information about CVE-2016-1961 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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2016-03732016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)ELSA-2016-04602016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)ELSA-2016-03732016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)ELSA-2016-04602016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)ELSA-2016-03732016-03-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)ELSA-2016-04602016-03-16



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