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SUSE: CVE-2016-5277: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5277: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/24/2016
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsRefreshDriver::Tick function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by leveraging improper interaction between timeline destruction and the Web Animations model implementation.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other

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