CVE-2016-2819
Mozilla Firefox Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.
INFO
Published Date :
June 13, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-2819 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2819
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-2819.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
DayOne: Critical Vulnerability Root Cause Analysis Platform
Python JavaScript Ruby HTML Assembly Makefile C Objective-C Shell Dockerfile
ACSAC 2018 paper: Towards Automated Generation of Exploitation Primitives for Web Browsers
HTML JavaScript
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-2819 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-2819 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270381 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293/ -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 22, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44293/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 27, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 14, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:46.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:46.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 5 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600 Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:46.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2819 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2819
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
66.28 }} -2.36%
score
0.98407
percentile