Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.2.0-1.el6_8


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.79% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1506144
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Jun 2016

Introduced: 8 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-2818  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:45.2.0-1.el6_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1217.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

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