Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.5.1esr-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOXESR-354773
- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-9079 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox-esr
to version 45.5.1esr-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.
A use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation has been discovered. An exploit built on this vulnerability has been discovered in the wild targeting Firefox and Tor Browser users on Windows. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.0.2, Firefox ESR < 45.5.1, and Thunderbird < 45.5.1.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9079
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9079
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog