CVE-2016-2838
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2838
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2838.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2838
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-05T01:59:04.813Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-10T14:00:47.866997Z
- Severity
-
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directional content in an SVG document.
- References
-
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-64.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279814
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2838.json"
unresolved_ranges
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{
"last_affected": "47.0.1"
}
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},
{
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "45.1.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
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},
{
"last_affected": "45.1.1"
}
]
},
{
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},
{
"last_affected": "45.2.0"
}
]
},
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},
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}
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}
]