CVE-2016-1578

CVE-2016-1578 is a use-after-free in Oxide (related to responding synchronously to permission requests) that could allow remote code execution or a crash. Affected platform references include Ubuntu USN-2955-1; remediation is to apply the Ubuntu security advisory update. No explicit patch version...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Oxide vulnerabilities (USN-2955-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2955-1 advisory. A use-after-free was discovered when responding synchronously to permission requests. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a...