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CVE-2016-5261

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 4.18%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-5261
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.18%
Firefox

Original NVD Description

Integer overflow in the WebSocketChannel class in the WebSockets subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that trigger incorrect buffer-resize operations during buffering.