#VU616 Denial of service in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5273
Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: September 23, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU616
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5273
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
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.
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
Update to 49.0.