CVE-2016-1961

Mozilla Firefox nsHTMLDocument SetBody Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody function in dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.

Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación de memoria en la función nsHTMLDocument::SetBody en dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.7 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario mediante el aprovechamiento del manejo incorrecto de un elemento root, también conocido como ZDI-CAN-3574.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of nsHTMLDocument objects. By manipulating a document's elements an attacker can force a nsHTMLDocument object in memory to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

*Credits: lokihardt

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-20 CVE Reserved
2016-03-09 CVE Published
2024-04-12 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (26)

URL	Tag	Source
http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/b208427885d3	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215	Vdb Entry
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-199	X_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249377	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html	2019-12-27
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510	2019-12-27
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520	2019-12-27
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-24.html	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1	2019-12-27
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	2019-12-27
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1961	2016-03-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315577	2016-03-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise"				12.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise" and version "12.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 44.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 44.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.2.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.3.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.4.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.5.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.6.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.6.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				<= 38.6.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 38.6.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				6 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "6"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				7 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "7"		-		Affected