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CVE-2016-5254
Published: Aug 5, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by leveraging keyboard access to use the Alt key during selection of top-level menu items.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-3640
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1036508
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1266963
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-70.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-3044-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2016:1551
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
GLSA-201701-15
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
openSUSE-SU-2016:1964
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
92261
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
openSUSE-SU-2016:2026
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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