PT-2016-6332 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Abhishek Arya · Published 2016-09-20 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5272

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 49.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.4 Thunderbird versions prior to 45.4

Description The issue arises from the nsImageGeometryMixin class not properly performing a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of INPUT elements. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 49.0, update to version 49.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x 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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2049

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CESA-2016_1912

CVE-2016-5272

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

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2115

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5272 · Security Note
• 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-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