CVE-2016-2821

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-06-08

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::Element class inMozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2, when contenteditable mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering deletion of DOM elements that were created in the editor.

See more information about CVE-2016-2821 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:	5.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-1217	2016-06-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-1217	2016-06-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-1217	2016-06-08

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