CVE-2016-5264
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Published: August 5, 2016 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFirefoxLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsNodeUtils::NativeAnonymousChildListChange function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an SVG element that is mishandled during effect application.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-79.html
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-79.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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