CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5272
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The nsImageGeometryMixin class in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of INPUT elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (<= 48.0.2)
• mozilla firefox 45.1.0
• mozilla firefox 45.1.1
• mozilla firefox 45.2.0
• mozilla firefox 45.3.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 www.debian.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297934 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/ www.mozilla.org
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/ www.mozilla.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 www.debian.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297934 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/ www.mozilla.org
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/ www.mozilla.org