VDB
CVE-2016-5270
CVE-2016-5270
PUBLISHED
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (boolean out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via Unicode characters that are mishandled during text conversion.
EPSS 4.13% · 88.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
4.13%
88.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 41.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | 0, 1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu1, 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | *, 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu2, 1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, * |
Timeline
- Sep 22, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 5, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5270 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3076-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3112-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5270 third-party-advisory