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CVE-2016-2821
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-13T10:59:04.370 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:31.637

Summary

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.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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