CVE-2016-1961
high-risk
Published 2016-03-13
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.75% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
References (48)
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-24.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.h...
and 28 more references
53
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
20/34 · Moderate