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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
    3.02% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2506794
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 5 Aug 2016
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Introduced: 5 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5259 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 CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a script that closes its own Service Worker within a nested sync event loop.