PT-2016-3348 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Brian Carpenter · Published 2016-09-21 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5281

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 49.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.4 Thunderbird versions prior to 45.4

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the DOMSVGLength class. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between JavaScript code and an SVG document.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 49.0, update to version 49.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.4, update to version 45.4 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 45.4, update to version 45.4 or later.

Fix

RCE

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2049

ALT-PU-2017-1578

BDU:2021-04041

CESA-2016_1912

CVE-2016-5281

DLA-636-1

DSA-3674-1

MGASA-2016-0329

MGASA-2017-0059

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2368-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2386-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:1912

RHSA-2016_1912

SUSE-SU-2016:2431-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2434-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2513-1

USN-3076-1

USN-3112-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2120

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3112-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5281 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3076-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0329.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5274 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0059.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5281 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 · Vendor Advisory