CVE-2016-5296 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
2.6%
top 14.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+3 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A heap-buffer-overflow in Cairo when processing SVG content caused by compiler optimization, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 50.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 50
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 45.5.0+1
▶debiandebian/firefox-esr< firefox 50.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 45.5

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-q9hf-wj5h-x9vx: A heap-buffer-overflow in Cairo when processing SVG content caused by compiler optimization, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-5296: A heap-buffer-overflow in Cairo when processing SVG content caused by compiler optimization, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash↗2018-06-11
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2016-12-01
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-11-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2016-12-01
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-11-19
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE in rasterize_edges_1 (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)↗2016-11-16
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Debian
CVE-2016-5296: firefox - A heap-buffer-overflow in Cairo when processing SVG content caused by compiler o...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5296 Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE in rasterize_edges_1 (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)↗2016-11-15
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