CVE-2016-1973

high

Published 2016-03-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`
sid	Fixed	`45.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endIncluding":"44.0.2"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.