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CVE-2016-1961

Published: Mar 13, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1961
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody function in dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LeapOpensuse42.1 (including)42.1 (including)
OpensuseOpensuse13.1 (including)13.1 (including)
OpensuseOpensuse13.2 (including)13.2 (including)
Linux_enterpriseSuse12.0 (including)12.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfirefox-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatthunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntutrusty*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
FirefoxUbuntuwily*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntutrusty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntuwily*
ThunderbirdUbuntuxenial*

References

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