Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.4.0esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.99% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREFOXESR-5679610
  • published22 Sept 2016
  • disclosed22 Sept 2016

Introduced: 22 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 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:13 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.