CVE-2016-5271

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
The PropertyProvider::GetSpacingInternal function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via text runs in conjunction with a "display: contents" Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) property.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5271
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-22T22:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-30T01:29:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 48.0.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288946 Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5271
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5271
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:10:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:16:56 2016-09-22T22:59Z 2016-09-22T22:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:16:56 2017-07-30T01:29:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:16:56 Modified Vulnerability Status updated