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MFSA2016-02 Firefox: Out of Memory crash when parsing GIF format images (CVE-2016-1933)

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MFSA2016-02 Firefox: Out of Memory crash when parsing GIF format images (CVE-2016-1933)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/29/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the image-deinterlacing functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted GIF image.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-44_0

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