CVE-2016-5259

Published: Aug 5, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a script that closes its own Service Worker within a nested sync event loop.

Affected (8)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox · Oracle: Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 47.0.1
Mozilla Firefox	Version 45.1.0
Mozilla Firefox	Version 45.1.1
Mozilla Firefox	Version 45.2.0
Mozilla Firefox	Version 45.3.0

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Oracle Linux	Version 5.0
Oracle Linux	Version 6
Oracle Linux	Version 7

Related CWEs

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (22)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-73.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282992

Source: security@mozilla.org

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-73.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282992

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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