PT-2016-1458

CVE-2016-1959

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Published

2016-03-08

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Updated

2024-12-12

Description by

CVSS 3.1
8.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0
Description The issue is related to the ServiceWorkerManager class and can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in out-of-bounds read and memory corruption. This is achieved through unspecified use of the Clients API.
Recommendations For versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the Clients API until a patch is available.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2016-1277
ALT-PU-2016-1454
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0731-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0733-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
USN-2917-1
USN-2917-2
USN-2917-3
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