CVE-2016-1964 Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.0esr-1


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.78% (88th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOXESR-355099
  • published 13 Mar 2016
  • disclosed 13 Mar 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox-esr to version 45.0esr-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.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AtomicBaseIncDec function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by leveraging mishandling of XML transformations.