CVE-2016-2828

Publication date 8 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via WebGL content that triggers texture access after destruction of the texture's recycle pool.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2993-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
9 June 2016