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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-94) - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Insight
Insight
Use-after-free when resizing canvas element during restyling Mozilla community member Jean-Max Reymond discovered a use-after-free vulnerability with a <canvas> element on a page. This occurs when a resize event is triggered in concert with style changes but the canvas references have been recreated in the meantime, destroying the originally referenced context. This results in an exploitable crash.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version(s) below 40.0.3.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.