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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting firefox package, versions <45.0-1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.14% (49th percentile)
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NVD
7.4 high
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Red Hat
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-423588
  • published 13 Mar 2016
  • disclosed 13 Mar 2016
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Introduced: 13 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-1963 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 45.0-1 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.

The FileReader class in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by changing a file during a FileReader API read operation.