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Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to multiple Vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws are due to: - 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. - A vulnerablity in the way Firefox handles installation of add-ons.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox version before 40.0.3 on Windows

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 40.0.3 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)