NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting firefox package, versions <0:38.6.1-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.8% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-5107901
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Feb 2016

Introduced: 5 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-1522  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:38.6.1-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0197.

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.

Code.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, does not consider recursive load calls during a size check, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Graphite smart font.

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