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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-5274): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-5274): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/22/2016
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsFrameManager::CaptureFrameState 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 by leveraging improper interaction between restyling and the Web Animations model implementation.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

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