Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.6.0
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- published11 Jun 2018
- disclosed11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-9899 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.4 firefox-esr to version 45.6.0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.4 relevant fixed versions and status.
Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9899
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9899
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9899
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042