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CVE-2016-1960
Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before…
High8.8EPSS 30.9%
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- mozilla
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 30.9% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (25)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0894 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-23.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246014 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1767 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0731 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1778 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0876 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2917-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3520 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1769 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 44294 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-198/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0909 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3510 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0733 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1035215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0777 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201605-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-2934-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 42484 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- USN-2917-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2917-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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