CVE-2016-5275

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the mozilla::gfx::FilterSupport::ComputeSourceNeededRegions function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between empty filters and CANVAS element rendering.

References

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287316

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-09-22

Updated: 2017-07-30

Type: CWE-119

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