CVE-2016-2818
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| 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 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:1217 | 2016-06-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:1217 | 2016-06-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1392 | 2016-07-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:1217 | 2016-06-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1392 | 2016-07-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1392 | 2016-07-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1392 | 2016-07-11 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Tyson Smith, Timothy Nikkel, Sylvestre Ledru, Julian Seward, Olli Pettay, and Karl Tomlinson as the original reporters.External References
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