Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.5.0esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.36% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREFOXESR-5679640
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-9066  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 firefox-esr to version 45.5.0esr-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.

A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due to memory allocation issues when handling large amounts of incoming data. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.