Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.4.0esr-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-FIREFOXESR-1545906
- published 22 Sep 2016
- disclosed 22 Sep 2016
Introduced: 22 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-5277 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
firefox-esr
to version 45.4.0esr-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:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsRefreshDriver::Tick 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) by leveraging improper interaction between timeline destruction and the Web Animations model implementation.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5277
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1291665
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5277