vulnerability
MFSA2016-75 Firefox: Integer overflow in WebSockets during data buffering (CVE-2016-5261)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 2, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 2, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2016
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
Integer overflow in the WebSocketChannel class in the WebSockets subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that trigger incorrect buffer-resize operations during buffering.
Solution
mozilla-firefox-upgrade-48_0
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