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CentOS: (CVE-2016-5280) CESA-2016:1912: firefox

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-5280) CESA-2016:1912: firefox

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/22/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via bidirectional text.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-firefox

References

  • DLA-636-1
  • DSA-3674
  • CVE-2016-5280
  • USN-3076-1
  • USN-3112-1

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