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Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.4.0-1.el6_8

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.6% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-FIREFOX-2134862
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016
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Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5276  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 firefox to version 0:45.4.0-1.el6_8 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 mozilla::a11y::DocAccessible::ProcessInvalidationList function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an aria-owns attribute.