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GHSA-w5jf-q8p2-qgmx
GHSA-w5jf-q8p2-qgmx
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.
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
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-w5jf-q8p2-qgmx
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2819 advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270381 url
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217 advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1 advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293 exploit