SB2019052724 - Out-of-bounds read in firefox-esr (Alpine package)
Published: May 27, 2019
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5798)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Skia library during path transformations. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted email, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.