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CVE-2016-1961

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.89%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-03-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It affects Firefox. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2016-1961
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.89%
Firefox

Original NVD Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody function in dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.