cve/2016/CVE-2016-1961.md

### [CVE-2016-1961](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1961)
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### Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLDocument::SetBody function in dom/html/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of a root element, aka ZDI-CAN-3574.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249377

#### Github
- https://github.com/hwiwonl/dayone