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Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.3.0-1.0.1.el7_2

Severity

 Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.55% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2506752
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 5 Aug 2016
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Introduced: 5 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5258 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:45.3.0-1.0.1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-1551.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC socket thread in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging incorrect free operations on DTLS objects during the shutdown of a WebRTC session.