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Debian: CVE-2016-5264: firefox-esr -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-5264: firefox-esr -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/06/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsNodeUtils::NativeAnonymousChildListChange function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an SVG element that is mishandled during effect application.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-firefox-esr

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