CVE-2016-1960

Mozilla: Use-after-free in HTML5 string parser (MFSA 2016-23)

Published Mar 13, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 8.8 High EPSS 30.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging mishandling of end tags, as demonstrated by incorrect SVG processing, aka ZDI-CAN-3545.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3510-1 iceweasel security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3520-1 icedove security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2917-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2934-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-23.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-198/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246014 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1960 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1960 cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42484/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44294/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-23.html cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved
Jan 20, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 13, 2016, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:42 AM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Mar 8, 2016, 12:00 AM