PT-2016-2528 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Jujjyl + 3 · Published 2016-08-02 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5255

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 48.0

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the js::PreliminaryObjectArray::sweep function. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript that is mishandled during incremental garbage collection.

Recommendations For versions prior to 48.0, update to version 48.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1836

ALT-PU-2017-1578

BDU:2016-01919

CVE-2016-5255

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1964-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2026-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3044-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2095

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01919 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-71.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-71 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5255 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5255 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2836 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5266 · Vendor Advisory