Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by leveraging keyboard access to use the Alt key during selection of top-level menu items.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 70 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 48.0Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.3Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/yasm to version 1.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade firefox-fontconfigUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-devel | Aug 22, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
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