Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.3.0esr-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOXESR-354482
- published 5 Aug 2016
- disclosed 5 Aug 2016
Introduced: 5 Aug 2016
CVE-2016-2837 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox-esr
to version 45.3.0esr-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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ClearKey Content Decryption Module (CDM) in the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a malformed video and leveraging a Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox bypass.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2837
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-673
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-77.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1274637
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2837
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1