CVE-2016-2819 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 24% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 23.96% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-06-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| mozilla | firefox |
| opensuse | leap |
| opensuse | opensuse |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Firefox 46.0.1 - ASM.JS JIT-Spray Remote Code Execution | 2018-03-16 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270381
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
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