vulnerability
MFSA2016-42 Firefox: Use-after-free and buffer overflow in Service Workers (CVE-2016-2811)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 26, 2016 | Apr 27, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 26, 2016
Added
Apr 27, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ServiceWorkerInfo class in the Service Worker subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the BeginReading method.
Solution
mozilla-firefox-upgrade-46_0
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