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ubuntu-cve-2016-1960
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-03-08 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details
Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging mishandling of end tags, as demonstrated by incorrect SVG processing, aka ZDI-CAN-3545.
Severity
8.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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CVE-2016-1960 (GCVE-0-2016-1960)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging mishandling of end tags, as demonstrated by incorrect SVG processing, aka ZDI-CAN-3545.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
25 references
Date Public
2016-03-08 00:00
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usn-2917-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-03-09 15:28
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
firefox vulnerabilities
Details
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylänki discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1953)
Nicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to overwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2016-1954)
Muneaki Nishimura discovered that CSP violation reports contained full paths for cross-origin iframe navigations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1955)
Ucha Gobejishvili discovered that performing certain WebGL operations resulted in memory resource exhaustion with some Intel GPUs, requiring a reboot. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1956)
Jose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in libstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957)
Abdulrahman Alqabandi discovered that the addressbar could be blank or filled with page defined content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1958)
Looben Yang discovered an out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1959)
A use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1960)
A use-after-free was discovered in the SetBody function of HTMLDocument. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1961)
Dominique Hazaël-Massieux discovered a use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1962)
It was discovered that Firefox crashes when local files are modified whilst being read by the FileReader API. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1963)
Nicolas Grégoire discovered a use-after-free during XML transformations. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1964)
Tsubasa Iinuma discovered a mechanism to cause the addressbar to display an incorrect URL, using history navigations and the Location protocol property. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1965)
A memory corruption issues was discovered in the NPAPI subsystem. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with a malicious plugin installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1966)
Jordi Chancel discovered a same-origin-policy bypass when using performance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1967)
Luke Li discovered a buffer overflow during Brotli decompression in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1968)
Ronald Crane discovered a use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1973)
Ronald Crane discovered an out-of-bounds read following a failed allocation in the HTML parser in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1974)
Holger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith and Holger Fuhrmannek reported multiple memory safety issues in the Graphite 2 library. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802)
References
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"details": "Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\napplication crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the\nuser invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)\n\nBob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel\nHolbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto,\nTyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jyl\u00e4nki discovered multiple\nmemory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a\nspecially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to\ncause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code\nwith the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1952,\nCVE-2016-1953)\n\nNicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to\noverwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed,\nan attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges.\n(CVE-2016-1954)\n\nMuneaki Nishimura discovered that CSP violation reports contained full\npaths for cross-origin iframe navigations. An attacker could potentially\nexploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1955)\n\nUcha Gobejishvili discovered that performing certain WebGL operations\nresulted in memory resource exhaustion with some Intel GPUs, requiring\na reboot. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial\nof service. (CVE-2016-1956)\n\nJose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in\nlibstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some circumstances.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\nmemory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957)\n\nAbdulrahman Alqabandi discovered that the addressbar could be blank or\nfilled with page defined content in some circumstances. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1958)\n\nLooben Yang discovered an out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager. If\na user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker\ncould potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\napplication crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the\nuser invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1959)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking\nFirefox. (CVE-2016-1960)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered in the SetBody function of HTMLDocument.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\napplication crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the\nuser invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1961)\n\nDominique Haza\u00ebl-Massieux discovered a use-after-free when using multiple\nWebRTC data channels. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a\ndenial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with\nthe privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1962)\n\nIt was discovered that Firefox crashes when local files are modified\nwhilst being read by the FileReader API. If a user were tricked in to\nopening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit\nthis to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking\nFirefox. (CVE-2016-1963)\n\nNicolas Gr\u00e9goire discovered a use-after-free during XML transformations.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\napplication crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the\nuser invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1964)\n\nTsubasa Iinuma discovered a mechanism to cause the addressbar to display\nan incorrect URL, using history navigations and the Location protocol\nproperty. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL\nspoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1965)\n\nA memory corruption issues was discovered in the NPAPI subsystem. If\na user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with a\nmalicious plugin installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this\nto cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary\ncode with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1966)\n\nJordi Chancel discovered a same-origin-policy bypass when using\nperformance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore. If\na user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker\ncould potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1967)\n\nLuke Li discovered a buffer overflow during Brotli decompression in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of\nservice via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the\nprivileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1968)\n\nRonald Crane discovered a use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\napplication crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the\nuser invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1973)\n\nRonald Crane discovered an out-of-bounds read following a failed\nallocation in the HTML parser in some circumstances. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking\nFirefox. (CVE-2016-1974)\n\nHolger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith and Holger Fuhrmannek reported multiple\nmemory safety issues in the Graphite 2 library. If a user were tricked in\nto opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially\nexploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or\nexecute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.\n(CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792,\nCVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797,\nCVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802)\n",
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"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
"published": "2016-03-09T15:28:50Z",
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usn-2934-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-04-27 22:32
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Details
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, and Randell Jesup discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1952)
Nicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to overwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2016-1954)
Jose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in libstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957)
A use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1960)
A use-after-free was discovered in the SetBody function of HTMLDocument. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1961)
Nicolas Grégoire discovered a use-after-free during XML transformations. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1964)
A memory corruption issues was discovered in the NPAPI subsystem. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context with a malicious plugin installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1966)
Ronald Crane discovered an out-of-bounds read following a failed allocation in the HTML parser in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1974)
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1950)
Holger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith and Holger Fuhrmannek reported multiple memory safety issues in the Graphite 2 library. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802)
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"details": "Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel\nHolbert, Jesse Ruderman, and Randell Jesup discovered multiple memory\nsafety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a\nspecially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to\ncause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code\nwith the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1952)\n\nNicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to\noverwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website in a browsing context with addon signing disabled and\nunpacked addons installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\ngain additional privileges. (CVE-2016-1954)\n\nJose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in\nlibstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some circumstances.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a\nbrowsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a\ndenial of service via memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\napplication crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user\ninvoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1960)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered in the SetBody function of HTMLDocument.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a\nbrowsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a\ndenial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with\nthe privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1961)\n\nNicolas Gr\u00e9goire discovered a use-after-free during XML transformations.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a\nbrowsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a\ndenial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with\nthe privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1964)\n\nA memory corruption issues was discovered in the NPAPI subsystem. If\na user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a\nbrowsing context with a malicious plugin installed, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking\nThunderbird. (CVE-2016-1966)\n\nRonald Crane discovered an out-of-bounds read following a failed\nallocation in the HTML parser in some circumstances. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,\nan attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service\nvia application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of\nthe user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1974)\n\nFrancis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.\nA remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of\nservice via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the\nprivileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-1950)\n\nHolger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith and Holger Fuhrmannek reported multiple\nmemory safety issues in the Graphite 2 library. If a user were tricked in\nto opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially\nexploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or\nexecute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking\nThunderbird. (CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792,\nCVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797,\nCVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802)\n",
"id": "USN-2934-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
"published": "2016-04-27T22:32:50Z",
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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