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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-5264: ELSA-2016-1551: firefox security update (CRITICAL)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-5264: ELSA-2016-1551: firefox security update (CRITICAL)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/06/2016
Modified
07/22/2024

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox

References

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