CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5277

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2016-09-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-09-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsRefreshDriver::Tick function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by leveraging improper interaction between timeline destruction and the Web Animations model implementation.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox (<= 48.0.2) • mozilla firefox 45.1.0 • mozilla firefox 45.1.1 • mozilla firefox 45.2.0 • mozilla firefox 45.3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References