CVE-2016-5270

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-09-20

Description


Heap-based buffer overflow in thensCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-5270 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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2016-19122016-09-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)ELSA-2016-19122016-09-21
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)ELSA-2016-19122016-09-21



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