Security Advisory
CVE-2016-5270
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (boolean out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via Unicode characters that are mishandled during text conversion.
Published Date
September 22, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory