CVE-2016-5287

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5287
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-11 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-30 18:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA potentially exploitable use-after-free crash during actor destruction with service workers. This issue does not affect releases earlier than Firefox 49. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 49.0.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox Use-After Free Memory Error in nsTArray_base::SwapArrayElements Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Web Cache Bug Lets Remote Users View Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 49.0.2 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
1309823 - (CVE-2016-5287) Crash in nsTArray_base<T>::SwapArrayElements<T> | nsTArray_Impl<T>::SwapElements<T> | mozilla::ipc::FileDescriptorSetChild::ForgetFileDescriptors CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox CVE-2016-5287 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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