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CVE-2016-5278

Date: September 22, 2016

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294677
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5278
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5278
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5278
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5278
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5278

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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