PT-2016-1455 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Dominique Hazaël-Massieux · Published 2016-03-08 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-1962

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.7

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by mishandling WebRTC data-channel connections. The vulnerability allows an attacker to leverage the incorrect usage of WebRTC, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.7, update to version 38.7 or later.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1277

ALT-PU-2016-1454

BDU:2016-00756

CESA-2016_0373

CVE-2016-1962

DSA-3510-1

DSA-3520-1

MGASA-2016-0105

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0731-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0733-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0876-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0894-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:0373

RHSA-2016_0373

SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1

USN-2917-1

USN-2917-2

USN-2917-3

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2182

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-34 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-81 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1958 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2798 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-25.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2799 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-24 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00756 · Security Note