Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In August 2016
Use-after-free vulnerability in the js::PreliminaryObjectArray::sweep function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript that is mishandled during incremental garbage collection.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.011
Published
2016-08-05
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by leveraging keyboard access to use the Alt key during selection of top-level menu items.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.009
Published
2016-08-05
The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2016-08-05
Stack-based buffer underflow in the mozilla::gfx::BasePoint4d function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted two-dimensional graphics data that is mishandled during clipping-region calculations.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.015
Published
2016-08-05
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via crafted characters in the media type of a data: URL.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2016-08-05
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0, Firefox ESR < 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the previously retrieved page via Resource Timing API calls.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2016-08-05
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 on Linux make cairo _cairo_surface_get_extents calls that do not properly interact with libav header allocation in FFmpeg 0.10, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted video.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.009
Published
2016-08-05
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBidi::BracketData::AddOpening function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directional content in an SVG document.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.012
Published
2016-08-05
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ClearKey Content Decryption Module (CDM) in the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a malformed video and leveraging a Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox bypass.
CVSS Score
6.3
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2016-08-05
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other vectors.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2016-08-05