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CVE-2016-1962

Mozilla: Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels (MFSA 2016-25)

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación de memoria en la función mozilla::DataChannelConnection::Close en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.7 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario mediante el aprovechamiento del manejo incorrecto de las conexiones del canal de datos WebRTC.

Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylanki discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-01-20 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-03-09 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (20)
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla
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Firefox
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<= 44.0.2
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.0.1
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Affected
Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.0.5
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.1.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.1.1
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.2.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.2.1
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.3.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.4.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.5.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.5.1
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.6.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.6.1
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Opensuse
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Opensuse
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13.1
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Oracle
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Linux
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5.0
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Oracle
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Linux
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6
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Oracle
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Linux
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7
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