Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <49.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.89% (91st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-423346
- published 22 Sep 2016
- disclosed 22 Sep 2016
Introduced: 22 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-5281 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 49.0-1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the DOMSVGLength class in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between JavaScript code and an SVG document.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.geeknik.net/7gr1u98b9
- 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=1284690
- 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-2016-5281