vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-5259: ELSA-2016-1551: firefox security update (CRITICAL)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 2, 2016 | Aug 6, 2016 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 2, 2016
Added
Aug 6, 2016
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a script that closes its own Service Worker within a nested sync event loop.
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox
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