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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-5258

CVE-2016-5258

HIGH8.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC socket thread in Mozilla Firefox before 48

Published Aug 5, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-72.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279146

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5258

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 5, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2016-5258 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence