CVE-2016-5273 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset function in the accessibility implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280387
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5273
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5273
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-09-22T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.994Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5273

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-22T22:59:06.800

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5273

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5273 - Bugzilla

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