CVE-2016-1962 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxOpensuseOracle Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 13
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox44.0.2+13
▶NVDoracle/linux5.0, 6, 7+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-v73h-33mh-g974: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1962: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45↗2016-03-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-1962: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45↗2016-03-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-03-09
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (MFSA 2016-25)↗2016-03-08
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Debian
CVE-2016-1962: firefox - Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close functi...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1962 Mozilla: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (MFSA 2016-25)↗2016-03-08
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