PT-2016-6337 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Nils · Published 2016-09-21 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5277

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 49.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.4 Thunderbird versions prior to 45.4

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the nsRefreshDriver::Tick function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to heap memory corruption. This is caused by improper interaction between timeline destruction and the Web Animations model implementation.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 49.0, update to version 49.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.4, update to version 45.4 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 45.4, update to version 45.4 or later.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2049

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CESA-2016_1912

CVE-2016-5277

DLA-636-1

DSA-3674-1

MGASA-2016-0329

MGASA-2017-0059

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2368-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2386-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:1912

RHSA-2016_1912

SUSE-SU-2016:2431-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2434-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2513-1

USN-3076-1

USN-3112-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2115

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3112-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5281 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3076-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0329.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5274 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0059.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5277 · Security Note