CVE-2016-5254

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by leveraging keyboard access to use the Alt key during selection of top-level menu items.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-5254

Assigner
security@mozilla.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-08-05T01:59:12

Last Modified Date
2019-12-27T16:08:55

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-416	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1266963	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-70.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/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-2016-5254
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5254

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:55:48				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:41:40	2016-08-05T01:59Z	2016-08-05T01:59:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 10:41:40		2019-12-27T16:08:55	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 10:41:40		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated