CVE-2016-2839
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CVE-2016-2839 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | <= 47.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 45.1.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 45.1.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 45.2.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 45.3.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275339Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275339Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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