Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2016-1974

The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted Unicode data in an HTML, XML, or SVG document.

Published

2016-03-13T18:59:23.383

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 44.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.2.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.3.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.4.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.5.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.5.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.6.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.6.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	≤ 38.6.0	Yes
Operating System	oracle	linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	oracle	linux	6	Yes
Operating System	oracle	linux	7	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise	12.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-34.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228103 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-34.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228103 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)