CVE-2016-1973

moderate-risk

Published 2016-03-13

Race condition in the GetStaticInstance function in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.

Do I need to act?

1.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Linux

Firefox

Linux

Affected Vendors

Mozilla Oracle

References (20)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

Vendor Advisory http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-33.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.h...

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1219339

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06