CVE-2016-2819 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2819?

CVE-2016-2819 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via foreign-context HTML5 fragments, as demonstrated by fragments within an SVG element.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2819?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2819?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-2819 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-2819 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2819, GHSA-w5jf-q8p2-qgmx, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2819.