CVE-2016-5270
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 22, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 3, 2016
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- DSA-3674vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1291016
- GLSA-201701-15vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1912vendor-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- 93049vdb-entry
- 1036852vdb-entry
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