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Ubuntu: USN-2833-1 (CVE-2015-7216): Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2833-1 (CVE-2015-7216): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/15/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 on Linux GNOME platforms incorrectly enables the JasPer decoder, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted JPEG 2000 image.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

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