CVE - CVE-2016-2821

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-2821	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 mozilla::dom::Element class in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2, when contenteditable mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering deletion of DOM elements that were created in the editor.
References
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BID:91075 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-51.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1271460 DEBIAN:DSA-3600 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1217 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217 SECTRACK:1036057 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:1691 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1552 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1557 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html UBUNTU:USN-2993-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20160301	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 (20160301)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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