Bug 1400376 – CVE-2016-9079 Mozilla: Firefox SVG Animation Remote Code Execution (MFSA 2016-92)

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Bug 1400376 - (CVE-2016-9079) CVE-2016-9079 Mozilla: Firefox SVG Animation Remote Code Execution (MFSA 2016-92)

Summary:	CVE-2016-9079 Mozilla: Firefox SVG Animation Remote Code Execution (MFSA 2016...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2016-9079

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	1399907
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Reported:	2016-11-30 21:43 EST by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2016-12-05 09:46 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
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Last Closed:	2016-12-05 03:29:23 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:2843	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: firefox security update	2016-12-01 18:37:56 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:2850	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: thunderbird security update	2016-12-05 07:48:43 EST

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2016-11-30 21:43:47 EST

A use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation has been discovered. An exploit built on this vulnerability has been discovered in the wild targeting Firefox and Tor Browser users on Windows.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/#CVE-2016-9079


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2016-12-01 13:38:30 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2016:2843 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2016-12-05 02:49:01 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2016:2850 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html

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