Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC socket thread in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging incorrect free operations on DTLS objects during the shutdown of a WebRTC session.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279146
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-72.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0110
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (8)
mozilla/firefox
45.1.0
mozilla/firefox
45.1.1
mozilla/firefox
45.2.0
mozilla/firefox
45.3.0
mozilla/firefox
< 47.0.1
oracle/linux
5.0
oracle/linux
6
oracle/linux
7
Published
Aug 05, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026