Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-2812
Race condition in the get implementation in the ServiceWorkerManager class in the Service Worker subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted web site.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-42.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-2812?
- CVE-2016-2812 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-30.
- How severe is CVE-2016-2812?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-2812 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.