Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:24.5.0-1.0.1.el6_5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.59% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-FIREFOX-2481707
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Apr 2014

Introduced: 30 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-1531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 firefox to version 0:24.5.0-1.0.1.el6_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-0448.

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 nsGenericHTMLElement::GetWidthHeightForImage function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors involving an imgLoader object that is not properly handled during an image-resize operation.

CVSS Base Scores

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