Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-1961
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody function in dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Oracle Linux — versions 5.0, 6, 7
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise — versions 12.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1961?
- CVE-2016-1961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1961?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1961 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.