vulnerability
MFSA2016-50 Firefox: Buffer overflow parsing HTML5 fragments (CVE-2016-2819)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 7, 2016 | Jun 8, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 7, 2016
Added
Jun 8, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-45_2mozilla-firefox-upgrade-47_0
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