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CVE-2016-5270
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-09-22T22:59:03.677 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:05.463

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (boolean out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via Unicode characters that are mishandled during text conversion.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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References

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