CVE-2016-1960

HIGH
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Description

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-23.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1

http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-198/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246014

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42484/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44294/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-03-13

Updated: 2019-12-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 44.0.2 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 38.6.0 (inclusive)

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (33 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
99765EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2016-1002)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
802023Firefox < 45 Multiple VulnerabilitiesLog Correlation EngineWeb Clients
critical
91986openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Thunderbird (openSUSE-2016-851)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
91985openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Thunderbird (openSUSE-2016-848)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
91379GLSA-201605-06 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (Logjam) (SLOTH)NessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
90822Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-2934-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
90598Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : firefox regressions (USN-2917-3)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
9207Mozilla Firefox < 45.0 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
90421Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : firefox regressions (USN-2917-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
90263SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
90240openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2016-402)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
90170openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2016-395)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
90065SUSE SLES10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:0820-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
90031Debian DSA-3520-1 : icedove - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
89990SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89988Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160316)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
89986RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2016:0460)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
89981Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : thunderbird (ELSA-2016-0460)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
89971CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2016:0460)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
89929SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89915openSUSE Security Update : Firefox (openSUSE-2016-334)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89913openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nspr / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-332)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89875Firefox < 45 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
89874Firefox ESR < 38.7 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
89873Firefox < 45 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
89872Firefox ESR < 38.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
89826Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 / 15.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-2917-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
89822Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160309)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
89816Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2016-0373)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
89792Debian DSA-3510-1 : iceweasel - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
89774RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2016:0373)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
89765FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2225c5b4-1e5a-44fc-9920-b3201c384a15)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical
89763CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2016:0373)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical