CVE-2016-2819

HIGH

Opensuse Leap < 46.0.1 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-2819. PoCs published by Rh0.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages CVE-2017-5375 (ASM.JS JIT-spray) and CVE-2016-2819 (Firefox memory corruption) to achieve arbitrary code execution by spraying fake Node objects and ASM.JS float constant pools to bypass ASLR/DEP, ultimately executing calc.exe.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Rh0 · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293

This exploit leverages CVE-2017-5375 (ASM.JS JIT-spray) and CVE-2016-2819 (Firefox memory corruption) to achieve arbitrary code execution by spraying fake Node objects and ASM.JS float constant pools to bypass ASLR/DEP, ultimately executing calc.exe.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Firefox 46.0.1 32-bit
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Firefox 46.0.1 32-bit on Windows 10 1709 · Network-served PoC
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270381
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.6466
EPSS Percentile 98.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
mozilla/firefox 45.1.0
mozilla/firefox 45.1.1
mozilla/firefox < 46.0.1
opensuse/leap 42.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
... and 1 more
Published Jun 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026