CVE-2016-5254 Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of....
CriticalCVSS 9.8
EPSS 3.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by leveraging keyboard access to use the Alt key during selection of top-level menu items.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/firefox-esr(Debian:12) | < 45.3.0esr-1 | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian/firefox-esr(Debian:13) | < 45.3.0esr-1 | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian/firefox-esr(Debian:14) | < 45.3.0esr-1 | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| mozilla Firefox | <= 47.0.1 | No fix listed |
| mozilla Firefox | = 45.1.0 | No fix listed |
| mozilla Firefox | = 45.1.1 | No fix listed |
| mozilla Firefox | = 45.2.0 | No fix listed |
| mozilla Firefox | = 45.3.0 | No fix listed |
| oracle linux | = 5.0 | No fix listed |
| oracle linux | = 6 | No fix listed |
| oracle linux | = 7 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2016-5254 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1964 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2026 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1551 vendor-advisory
- DSA-3640 vendor-advisory
- www.mozilla.org vendor-advisory
- www.oracle.com third-party-advisory
- 92261 vdb-entry
- 1036508 vdb-entry
- USN-3044-1 vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org issue-tracking permissions-required
- GLSA-201701-15 vendor-advisory