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Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-5449)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A possibly exploitable crash has been found in Firefox < 53, triggered during layout and manipulation of bidirectional unicode text in concert with CSS animations.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

References

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