CVE-2016-9063 (GCVE-0-2016-9063)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2026-10-08 21:03
Severity ?
CWE
  • Possible integer overflow to fix inside XML_Parse in Expat
Summary
An integer overflow during the parsing of XML using the Expat library. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
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Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 50
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