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Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-9080)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
Mozilla developers and community members Kan-Ru Chen, Christian Holler, and Tyson Smith reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 50.0.2. 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
- CVE-2016-9080
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9080
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94883
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1289701%2C1314401%2C1315848
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-15
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- CWE-119
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