CVE-2016-2837

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 Medium 6.3
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ClearKey Content Decryption Module (CDM) in the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a malformed video and leveraging a Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox bypass.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2837
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-05T01:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-12-27T16:08:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 47.0.1
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 6.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1274637 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-77.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-673
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2837
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2837
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:55:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:41:21 2016-08-05T01:59Z 2016-08-05T01:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:41:21 2019-12-27T16:08:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:41:21 Modified Vulnerability Status updated