SB2016092217 - Denial of service in Mozilla Firefox
Published: September 22, 2016 Updated: September 23, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092217
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5273)
CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.
The weakness causes crash in accessibility. An error in mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset() may lead to the application service denial.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.