CVE-2016-2821 Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.2.0esr-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-FIREFOXESR-355130
- published 13 Jun 2016
- disclosed 13 Jun 2016
Introduced: 13 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-2821 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
firefox-esr
to version 45.2.0esr-1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::Element class in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2, when contenteditable mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering deletion of DOM elements that were created in the editor.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2821
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3600
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-51.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1271460
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2821
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1