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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2819

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 24.0%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
23.96% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · mozilla/firefox · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.