Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-2821

Disclosure Date: June 13, 2016 •
CVE-2016-2821 CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5
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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::Element class in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2, when contenteditable mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering deletion of DOM elements that were created in the editor.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.5 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.6
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
n/a
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • mozilla,
  • opensuse

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • firefox,
  • firefox esr 45.1.0,
  • firefox esr 45.1.1,
  • leap 42.1,
  • opensuse 13.1,
  • opensuse 13.2,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 15.10,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04
Technical Analysis