CVE-2016-5296

HIGH

Firefox < 45.5.0 - Heap Buffer Overflow via SVG Content Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292443
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94339

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0257
EPSS Percentile 85.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
mozilla/firefox < 45.5.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 45.5.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026