CVE-2016-2838 — Vulnetix

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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 0.85% · 74.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.85%

74.8th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	0, 24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1

Timeline

Aug 3, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
Jun 15, 2022 EPSS Score
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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

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