CVE-2016-2819

high
Published 2016-06-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2819

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-50.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2819.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debiansidfixed47.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed45.2.0esr-1
debian debianbullseyefixed45.2.0esr-1
debian debianforkyfixed45.2.0esr-1
debian debiantrixiefixed45.2.0esr-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debian8.0affected
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox45.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox45.1.1
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"46.0.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.