Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:38.0-4.el6_6


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.98% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-FIREFOX-2113702
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 May 2015

Introduced: 12 May 2015

CVE-2015-2713  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 firefox to version 0:38.0-4.el6_6 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 SetBreaks function in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a document containing crafted text in conjunction with a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence containing properties related to vertical text.

CVSS Base Scores

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