CVE-2016-5258
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5258
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5258.html
Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-72.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 48.0.1-1 | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 48.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-72.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279146
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5258.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5258
CWEs
CWE-416
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.