PT-2016-2529 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Abhishek Arya + 1 · Published 2016-08-02 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5254

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0 Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.3

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, such as heap memory corruption and application crash, by leveraging keyboard access to use the Alt key during the selection of top-level menu items.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0, update to version 48.0 or later. For Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.3, update to version 45.3 or later.

Fix

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1836

ALT-PU-2017-1578

BDU:2016-01920

CESA-2016_1551

CVE-2016-5254

DLA-585-1

DSA-3640-1

MGASA-2016-0278

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2253-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1964-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2026-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:1551

RHSA-2016_1551

SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2195-1

USN-3044-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2166

• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-67 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-70.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-64 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-70 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-76 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-63 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-80 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01920 · Security Note