CVE-2016-5281

high-risk

Published 2016-09-22

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DOMSVGLength class in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between JavaScript code and an SVG document.

Do I need to act?

2.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Firefox

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (22)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674

Not Applicable http://www.geeknik.net/7gr1u98b9

Release Notes http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.h...

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284690

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674

Not Applicable http://www.geeknik.net/7gr1u98b9

Release Notes http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.h...

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284690

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

and 2 more references

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high-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate