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CentOS: (CVE-2016-5263) CESA-2016:1551: firefox

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 3, 2016
Added
Aug 6, 2016
Modified
May 7, 2019

Description

The nsDisplayList::HitTest function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 mishandles rendering display transformation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that leverages "type confusion."

Solution

centos-upgrade-firefox
Title
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