CVE-2016-5278

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-09-20

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame functionin Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image.

See more information about CVE-2016-5278 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-2016-1912	2016-09-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-1912	2016-09-21
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-1912	2016-09-21

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