CVE-2016-2808
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The watch implementation in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8, and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (generation-count overflow, out-of-bounds HashMap write access, and application crash) via a crafted web site.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:0695 | 2016-04-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:0695 | 2016-04-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:0695 | 2016-04-26 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges CESG (the Information Security Arm of GCHQ) as the original reporter.External References
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