CVE-2016-5281
Critical
CVE-2016-5281
Use-after-free vulnerability in the DOMSVGLength class in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between JavaScript code and an SVG document.
Exploit probability
5.0%
Published
September 22, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-5281
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Use-after-free vulnerability in the DOMSVGLength class in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between JavaScript code and an SVG document.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- http://www.geeknik.net/7gr1u98b9
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284690
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/