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MFSA2016-64 Firefox: Buffer overflow rendering SVG with bidirectional content (CVE-2016-2838)

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MFSA2016-64 Firefox: Buffer overflow rendering SVG with bidirectional content (CVE-2016-2838)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/03/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directional content in an SVG document.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-45_3
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-48_0

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