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MFSA2016-25 Firefox: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (CVE-2016-1962)

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MFSA2016-25 Firefox: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (CVE-2016-1962)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/10/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close function in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging mishandling of WebRTC data-channel connections.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-38_7
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-45_0

References

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