CVE-2016-1962

CRITICAL

Mozilla Firefox <45.0 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of WebRTC data-channel connections.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240760

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0215
EPSS Percentile 84.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (18)
mozilla/firefox 38.0
mozilla/firefox 38.0.1
mozilla/firefox 38.0.5
mozilla/firefox 38.1.0
mozilla/firefox 38.1.1
mozilla/firefox 38.2.0
mozilla/firefox 38.2.1
mozilla/firefox 38.3.0
mozilla/firefox 38.4.0
mozilla/firefox 38.5.0
... and 8 more
Published Mar 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026