Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:17.0.10-1.el6_4


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.81% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-FIREFOX-2086516
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Oct 2013

Introduced: 29 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-5599  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 firefox to version 0:17.0.10-1.el6_4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsIPresShell::GetPresContext function in the PresShell (aka presentation shell) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving a CANVAS element, a mozTextStyle attribute, and an onresize event.

CVSS Scores

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