CVE-2016-1962
published 2016-03-13CVE-2016-1962: 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…
PriorityP346critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
6.08%
92.6th percentile
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.
Affected
23 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 45.0-1 (sid) | firefox 45.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 45.0-1 (sid) | firefox 45.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | <= 44.0.2 | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| oracle | linux | — | — |
| oracle | linux | — | — |
| oracle | linux | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-v73h-33mh-g974: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2016-1962 [CRITICAL] GHSA-v73h-33mh-g974: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45
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.
OSV
firefox regressions
osv·2016-04-19·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] firefox regressions
firefox regressions
USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several
web compatibility regressions.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel
Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto,
Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylänki discovered multiple
memory safety issues in Firefox.
OSV
firefox regressions
osv·2016-04-07·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] firefox regressions
firefox regressions
USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several
regressions that could result in search engine settings being lost, the
list of search providers appearing empty or the location bar breaking
after typing an invalid URL. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel
Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup,
OSV
CVE-2016-1962: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45
osv·2016-03-13·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2016-1962 [CRITICAL] CVE-2016-1962: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45
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.
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2016-03-09·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-1950 [HIGH] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel
Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto,
Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylänki discovered multiple
memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to
cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code
with the
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions
vendor_ubuntu·2016-04-19·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Firefox regressions
Title: Firefox regressions
Summary: USN-2917-1 introduced several regressions in Firefox.
USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several
web compatibility regressions.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel
Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto,
Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini,
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions
vendor_ubuntu·2016-04-07·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Firefox regressions
Title: Firefox regressions
Summary: USN-2917-1 introduced several regressions in Firefox.
USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several
regressions that could result in search engine settings being lost, the
list of search providers appearing empty or the location bar breaking
after typing an invalid URL. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian H
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-03-09·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-1950 [HIGH] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1950)
Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel
Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto,
Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylänki discovered multiple
memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could p
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (MFSA 2016-25)
vendor_redhat·2016-03-08·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2016-1962 [CRITICAL] CWE-416 Mozilla: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (MFSA 2016-25)
Mozilla: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (MFSA 2016-25)
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.
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2016-1962: firefox - Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close functi...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2016-1962 [CRITICAL] CVE-2016-1962: firefox - Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close functi...
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.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 45.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2016-03-13
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