PT-2016-2522 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Nils · Published 2016-08-02 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5264

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.3

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the nsNodeUtils::NativeAnonymousChildListChange function. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers via a specially crafted SVG element that is mishandled during effect application, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to heap memory corruption.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0, update to version 48.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.3, update to version 45.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1836

ALT-PU-2017-1578

BDU:2016-01913

CESA-2016_1551

CVE-2016-5264

DLA-585-1

DSA-3640-1

MGASA-2016-0278

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2253-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1964-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2026-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:1551

RHSA-2016_1551

SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2195-1

USN-3044-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2166

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1286183 · Exploit
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-67 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-64 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-70 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01913 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-76 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-63 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-80 · Vendor Advisory