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CVE-2016-5273

Date: September 22, 2016

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.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5273

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280387

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5273

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5273

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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