Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:24.3.0-2.0.1.el6_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
22.98% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-FIREFOX-2478144
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Feb 2014

Introduced: 6 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1486  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 firefox to version 0:24.3.0-2.0.1.el6_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-0132.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the imgRequestProxy function in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving unspecified Content-Type values for image data.

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