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CVE-2016-5280

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via bidirectional text.

Published

2016-09-22T22:59:14.850

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 48.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	45.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	45.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	45.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	45.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	45.2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	45.3.0	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289970 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/ ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/ ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289970 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)