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CVE-2016-5271

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.

Published

2016-09-22T22:59:04.770

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 48.0.2	Yes

References

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288946 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288946 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)