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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5296: Critical: firefox security update (RHSA-2016:2780)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5296: Critical: firefox security update (RHSA-2016:2780)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/15/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/16/2016
Modified
08/17/2018

Description

A heap-buffer-overflow in Cairo when processing SVG content caused by compiler optimization, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo

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