ghsa-4hhc-jf2p-xq5p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:29
Modified
2022-05-13 01:29
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted Unicode data in an HTML, XML, or SVG document.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-1974"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-03-13T18:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted Unicode data in an HTML, XML, or SVG document.",
  "id": "GHSA-4hhc-jf2p-xq5p",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:29:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:29:20Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1974"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228103"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html"
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    {
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html"
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      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-34.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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