CVE-2016-2838

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directional content in an SVG document.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2838
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-05T01:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-16T01:29:06
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
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:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-64.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279814 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
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/92261
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-2016-2838
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2838
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:03:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:41:24 2016-08-05T01:59Z 2016-08-05T01:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:41:24 2017-08-16T01:29:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:41:24 Modified Vulnerability Status updated