VDB
CVE-2016-5270
CVE-2016-5270
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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 3.96% · 90.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.96%
90.1th 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 21, 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
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 26, 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