VDB
CVE-2016-2838
CVE-2016-2838
PUBLISHED
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directional content in an SVG document.
EPSS 1.15% · 78.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.15%
78.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1, 28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 44.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1, 44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Aug 3, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jun 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3044-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2838 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-64/ third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279814 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2838 third-party-advisory