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Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.7.0-1.0.1.el7_3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2512067
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 11 Jun 2018
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Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-5396 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 0:45.7.0-1.0.1.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0190.

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.

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Media Decoder when working with media files when some events are fired after the media elements are freed from memory. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.