CVE-2016-5270
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5270
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5270.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5270
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-22T22:59:03.677Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T22:23:19.989380Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
-
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1291016
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5270.json"
unresolved_ranges
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