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CVE-2016-1974

The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, …

Impact

The nsScannerString::AppendUnicodeTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 does not verify that memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted Unicode data in an HTML, XML, or SVG document.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MozillaFirefox
through 44.0.2
Versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 38.1.1
MozillaThunderbird
through 38.6.0
OracleLinux
Versions 5.0, 6, 7
OpensuseLeap
Version 42.1
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 13.1, 13.2
SuseLinux Enterprise
Version 12.0

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References