PT-2016-2523 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Nils · Published 2016-08-02 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5263

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 the nsDisplayList::HitTest function mishandling rendering display transformation, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site. This exploit leverages "type confusion." The vulnerability is associated with incorrect rendering of screen changes.

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.

Fix

RCE

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-704

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1836

ALT-PU-2017-1578

BDU:2016-01914

CESA-2016_1551

CVE-2016-5263

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://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://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5263 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-76 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01914 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5263 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5263 · 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