vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-5261: firefox-esr Security vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 22, 2016 | Aug 30, 2017 | Jun 13, 2018 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 22, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Jun 13, 2018
Description
Integer overflow in the WebSocketChannel class in the WebSockets subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that trigger incorrect buffer-resize operations during buffering.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr
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