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01 Record

CVE-2016-1960

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
30.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-03-13 18:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 23:10Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-01-20
Assigning CNA
mozilla
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
ef7c322901b654d2eaa10d521076bc76afa59ad469b9fbcd106951c6e6803a14

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
mozillafirefoxNot specified—
mozillathunderbirdNot specified—
opensuseleapNot specified—
opensuseopensuseNot specified—
oraclelinuxNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
suselinux_enterpriseNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • firefox-esr
    Fixed in 45.0esr-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • firefox-esr
    Fixed in 45.0esr-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • firefox-esr
    Fixed in 45.0esr-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.