Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:24.2.0-1.el6_5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.45% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-FIREFOX-2090144
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Dec 2013

Introduced: 10 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-5613  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 firefox to version 0:24.2.0-1.el6_5 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 PresShell::DispatchSynthMouseMove function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors involving synthetic mouse movement, related to the RestyleManager::GetHoverGeneration function.

CVSS Base Scores

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