RHSA-2016:0197Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Published
February 16, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

CVE-2016-1521 →CVE-2016-1522 →CVE-2016-1523 →CVE-2016-1969 →

📋 Description

CVE-2016-1521 — graphite2: Out-of-bound read vulnerability triggered by crafted fonts CVE-2016-1522 — graphite2: Null pointer dereference and out-of-bounds access vulnerabilities CVE-2016-1523 — graphite2: Heap-based buffer overflow in context item handling functionality CVE-2016-1969 — mozilla: out-of-bounds write with malicious font in graphite2 (MFSA 2016-38)

🎯 Affected products90

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • +60 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (8)