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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-66) - 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

Vulnerabilities found through code inspection Security researcher Ronald Crane reported seven vulnerabilities affecting released code that he found through code inspection. These included three uses of uninitialized memory, one poor validation leading to an exploitable crash, one read of unowned memory in zip files, and two buffer overflows. These do not all have clear mechanisms to be exploited through web content but are vulnerable if a mechanism can be found to trigger them.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Firefox version(s) below 39.

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.