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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Aug 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Sep 22, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Sep 23, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Nov 14, 2016 | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade firefox | Nov 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 85 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 49.0 | Oct 25, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 86 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.4 | Oct 25, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 45.4 | Oct 25, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.5.1-0.175.3.16.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/yasm to version 1.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.5.1-0.175.3.16.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Sep 21, 2016 | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Oct 21, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozillafirefox-devel | Sep 26, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Sep 22, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
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