Out-of-Bounds 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
2.3% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2509504
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Aug 2016

Introduced: 5 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-2836  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens 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.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other vectors.