CVE - CVE-2016-5254

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-5254	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:92261 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-70.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1266963 DEBIAN:DSA-3640 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-15 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1551 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html SECTRACK:1036508 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1964 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:2026 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html UBUNTU:USN-3044-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20160603	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160603)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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