vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-5290)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Mozilla developers and community members Olli Pettay, Christian Holler, Ehsan Akhgari, Jon Coppeard, Gary Kwong, Tooru Fujisawa, Philipp, and Randell Jesup reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 49 and Firefox ESR 45.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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