CVE - CVE-2016-1961

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1961	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody function in dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.
References
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CONFIRM:http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/b208427885d3 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-24.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249377 DEBIAN:DSA-3510 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 DEBIAN:DSA-3520 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 GENTOO:GLSA-201605-06 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 MISC:http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-199/ SECTRACK:1035215 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0727 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0777 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0820 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0909 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:0731 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:0733 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:0876 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:0894 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1767 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1769 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1778 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html UBUNTU:USN-2917-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 UBUNTU:USN-2917-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 UBUNTU:USN-2917-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 UBUNTU:USN-2934-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20160120	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160120)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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