Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:31.4.0-1.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.48% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-4554180
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Jan 2015

Introduced: 13 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-8641  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:31.4.0-1.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0046.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted track data.

CVSS Scores

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