Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <48.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.93% (92nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-424126
- published 5 Aug 2016
- disclosed 5 Aug 2016
Introduced: 5 Aug 2016
CVE-2016-5255 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 48.0-1 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 js::PreliminaryObjectArray::sweep function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript that is mishandled during incremental garbage collection.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5255
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-71.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212356
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5255
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1