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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-9897) ELSA-2016-2946: firefox security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-9897) ELSA-2016-2946: firefox security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/15/2016
Modified
08/17/2018

Description

Memory corruption resulting in a potentially exploitable crash during WebGL functions using a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox

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