CVE-2016-2838 (GCVE-0-2016-2838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-05 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directional content in an SVG document.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 546 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-08-02 00:00
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