VDB
CVE-2016-1974
CVE-2016-1974
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
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 2.97% · 86.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.97%
86.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | *, 35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, 35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:24.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, * |
Timeline
- Mar 8, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1974 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-34/ third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228103 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2917-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2934-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1974 third-party-advisory