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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esr | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 72 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.3Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 48.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/yasm to version 1.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 45.4.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade firefox-fontconfigUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbols | Aug 22, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
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