CVE-2016-5259

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-08-02

Description


Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipantfunction in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a script that closes its own Service Worker within a nested sync event loop.

See more information about CVE-2016-5259 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 6.8 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2016-15512016-08-03
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)ELSA-2016-15512016-08-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)ELSA-2016-15512016-08-03



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