CVE-2016-9063 (GCVE-0-2016-9063)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42
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Summary
An integer overflow during the parsing of XML using the Expat library. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Possible integer overflow to fix inside XML_Parse in Expat
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 50 (custom)
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Date Public
2016-11-15 00:00
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