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ELSA-2012-0515 Critical: Oracle Linux firefox security update

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ELSA-2012-0515 Critical: Oracle Linux firefox security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/25/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2012
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsSVGFEDiffuseLightingElement::LightPixel function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid gfxImageSurface free operation) or possibly execute arbitrary code by leveraging the use of "different number systems."

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xulrunner
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xulrunner-devel

References

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