vulnerability
MFSA2016-23 Firefox: Use-after-free in HTML5 string parser (CVE-2016-1960)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 8, 2016 | Mar 10, 2016 | Feb 10, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 8, 2016
Added
Mar 10, 2016
Modified
Feb 10, 2026
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.
Solutions
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-38_7mozilla-firefox-upgrade-45_0
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