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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 8.8 High
- Status
- Modified - security@mozilla.org
- Published
- 2016-03-13
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
- Firefox (Mozilla)
- Thunderbird (Mozilla)
- Leap (Opensuse)
- Opensuse (Opensuse)
- Linux (Oracle)
- Linux Enterprise (Suse)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-34.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228103
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
