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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-58) - Linux
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
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Insight
Insight
Use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer Security researcher Abhishek Arya (Inferno) of the Google Chrome Security Team discovered a series of use-after-free issues using the Address Sanitizer tool. Many of these issues are potentially exploitable, allowing for remote code execution.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version(s) below 15.
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.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-58/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756241
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762280
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769120
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769303
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771873
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771976
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771994
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772346
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773207
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774548
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774597
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776213
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777578
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778428