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CVE-2016-2838
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3…
High8.8EPSS 4.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mozilla
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- DSA-3640 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1036508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3044-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-64.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1551 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279814 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1964 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 92261 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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