PT-2016-2198 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Mozilla · Published 2016-06-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-2828

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 47.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.2

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability that can be triggered by WebGL content, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by accessing a texture after the destruction of its recycle pool.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 47.0, update to version 47.0 or later to resolve the issue. For Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.2, update to version 45.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling WebGL content in the browser until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1630

ALT-PU-2017-1578

BDU:2016-01551

CESA-2016_1217

CVE-2016-2828

DLA-521-1

DSA-3600-1

MGASA-2016-0220

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1552-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1557-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:1217

RHSA-2016_1217

SUSE-SU-2016:1691-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1799-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1

USN-2993-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2125

• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-56.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-51 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0220.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2822 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2819 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2828 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-58 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1691-1 · Vendor Advisory