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High severity · published Aug 5, 2016
CVE-2016-5258
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…
8.8
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 47.0.1; 45.1.0; 45.1.1; 45.2.0; 45.3.0 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
5.0; 6; 7 · source: NVD
Affected product
FI
Firefox
Mozilla
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5258
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5258
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-72.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
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