CVE-2016-1974

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-03-08
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo fynction in Mozilla Firefoxbefore 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted Unicode data in an HTML, XML, or SVG document.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.1
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
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