CVE-2016-5264

Mozilla: Use-after-free when applying SVG effects (MFSA 2016-79)

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 nsNodeUtils::NativeAnonymousChildListChange function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an SVG element that is mishandled during effect application.

Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación de memoria en la función nsNodeUtils::NativeAnonymousChildListChange en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 48.0 y Firefox ESR 45.x en versiones anteriores a 45.3 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario o provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria dinámica) a través de un elemento SVG que no se maneja correctamente durante el efecto de la aplicación.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-06-03 CVE Reserved
2016-08-03 CVE Published
2024-05-28 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1286183	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html	2019-12-27
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html	2019-12-27
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640	2019-12-27
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-79.html	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1	2019-12-27
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	2019-12-27
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5264	2016-08-03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361992	2016-08-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 47.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 47.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				45.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.1.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				45.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.1.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				45.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.2.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				45.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.3.0"		-		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