CVE-2016-5261
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—
Desbordamiento de enteros en la clase WebSocketChannel en el subsistema WebSockets en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 48.0 y Firefox ESR en versiones anteriores a la 45.4 permite que los atacantes remotos ejecuten código arbitrario o provoquen una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) mediante paquetes manipulados que desencadenan operaciones de redimensionamiento de búfer incorrectas durante el "buffering".
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 91
- Fecha de la puntuación: 11/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-190
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-75.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287266
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-75.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287266
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
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