CVE-2016-2821

High

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::Element class in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2, when contenteditable mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering deletion of DOM elements that were created in the editor.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedJun 13, 2016
First seenJun 13, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv ≤ 46.0.1, 45.1.0, 45.1.1—
debian debian_linux8.0—
opensuse leap42.1—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04—

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