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CVE-2016-5259 Details

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282992	CVE	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640	CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-73.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282992	[email protected]	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640	[email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-73.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-416	Use After Free	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	<= 47.0.1 45.1.0 45.1.1 45.2.0 45.3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
oracle linux	5.0 6 7
CPE cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

17 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
Oct 22, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 21, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 21, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 21, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 16, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 5, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 5, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]