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CVE-2016-1960

8.8
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
86.45%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging mishandling of end tags, as demonstrated by incorrect SVG processing, aka ZDI-CAN-3545.

Published: 3/13/2016
Modified: 5/6/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

6.8

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

86.45%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 86.45% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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