CVE-2016-2812

high

Published 2016-04-30 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Race condition in the get implementation in the ServiceWorkerManager class in the Service Worker subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	sid	fixed	`46.0-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`0`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endIncluding":"45.0.2"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.