CVE-2016-1974 PUBLISHED

The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 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.

EPSS 0.49% · 65.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.49%
65.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSthunderbird1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu1, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSfirefox28.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 28.0+build2-0ubuntu1, 28.0+build2-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSthunderbird1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:24.4.0+build1-0ubuntu1

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