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    CVE-2016-5259

    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.

    Published:Aug 2, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Aug 5, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.0115
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

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

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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/mfsa2016-73.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=1282992
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
    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/mfsa2016-73.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=1282992
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High