Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20162821000
Revision Date:2016-06-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-2821 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::Element class in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2, when contenteditable mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering deletion of DOM elements that were created in the editor.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-2821
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'firefox' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'thunderbird' package in xenial is not affected.
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