Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.4.0-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.12% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-5147796
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016

Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:45.4.0-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1912.

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.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (boolean out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via Unicode characters that are mishandled during text conversion.