vulnerability
MFSA2016-72 Firefox: Use-after-free in DTLS during WebRTC session shutdown (CVE-2016-5258)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 2, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 2, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2016
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-45_3mozilla-firefox-upgrade-48_0
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