CVE-2016-5273

Mozilla: crash in mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset (MFSA 2016-85)

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 20, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset function in the accessibility implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified