Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsRefreshDriver::Tick function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by leveraging improper interaction between timeline destruction and the Web Animations model implementation.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr | Aug 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-firefox | Sep 22, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-firefox-esr | Sep 23, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-firefox-esrfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-libxulfreebsd-upgrade-package-thunderbirdfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-thunderbird | Nov 14, 2016 | Sep 20, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbirdgentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird-bingentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefoxgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-firefox | Nov 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Mfsa2016 85 | mozilla-firefox-upgrade-49_0 | Oct 25, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Mfsa2016 86 | mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-45_4 | Oct 25, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-45_4 | Oct 25, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-developer-yasm-1-3-0-0-175-3-14-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-45-5-1-0-175-3-16-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-plugin-thunderbird-lightning-45-5-1-0-175-3-16-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-45-4-0-0-175-3-14-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-data-firefox-bookmarks-45-4-0-0-175-3-14-0-4-0 | May 29, 2017 | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox | Sep 21, 2016 | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | redhat-upgrade-firefoxredhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo | Oct 21, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-mozillafirefoxsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-develsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translationssuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other | Sep 24, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird | Sep 22, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 |
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