CVE-2016-2811

Publication date 27 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ServiceWorkerInfo class in the Service Worker subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the BeginReading method.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
15.10 wily
Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.10.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
thunderbird 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2936-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 27 April 2016

Other references