The PropertyProvider::GetSpacingInternal function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via text runs in conjunction with a "display: contents" Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) property.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6222 The PropertyProvider::GetSpacingInternal function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via text runs in conjunction with a "display: contents" Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) property.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3076-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.942Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5271

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-22T22:59:04.770

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5271

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5271 - Bugzilla

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