Out-of-Bounds Affecting mozilla package, versions [,49.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.67% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377541
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Sept 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5275  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 49.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Buffer overflow in the mozilla::gfx::FilterSupport::ComputeSourceNeededRegions function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between empty filters and CANVAS element rendering.

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CVSS Base Scores

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