vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-9079: ELSA-2016-2843: firefox security update (CRITICAL) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 1, 2016
Added
Dec 2, 2016
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation has been discovered. An exploit built on this vulnerability has been discovered in the wild targeting Firefox and Tor Browser users on Windows. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.0.2, Firefox ESR < 45.5.1, and Thunderbird < 45.5.1.
A flaw was found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-firefoxoracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird
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