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CVE-2016-1974

Published: 13/03/2016 Updated: 27/12/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox prior to 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x prior to 38.7 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted Unicode data in an HTML, XML, or SVG document.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Security Advisories: DSA-3520-1 icedove -- security update
Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Multiple memory safety errors, integer overflows, buffer overflows and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in ...
Debian Security Advisories: DSA-3510-1 iceweasel -- security update
Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, buffer overflows, use-after-frees and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, address bar spoofing and overwriting local files For the oldstable distribution ...
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Ubuntu Security Notice: firefox regressions
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Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read in HTML parser following a failed allocation
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2016-34 Out-of-bounds read in HTML parser following a failed allocation Announced March 8, 2016 Reporter Ronald Crane Impact High Products Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird Fixed in ...
Red Hat: CVE-2016-1974
The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 450 and Firefox ESR 38x before 387 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted Unicode data in an HTML, XML, or SVG document ...

References

CWE-119http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-34.htmlhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228103http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3https://nvd.nist.govhttps://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-3520https://usn.ubuntu.com/2917-1/
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