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CVE-2016-2812 (GCVE-0-2016-2812)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-30 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261776 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2016-04-26 00:00
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