CVE - CVE-2016-5270

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-5270	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (boolean out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via Unicode characters that are mishandled during text conversion.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1291016 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html CONFIRM:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/ CONFIRM:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/ DEBIAN:DSA-3674 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-15 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1912 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html BID:93049 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 SECTRACK:1036852 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20160603	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20160603)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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