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CVE-2016-5254 (GCVE-0-2016-5254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-05 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-08-02 00:00
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}



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