CVE-2016-2828

high

Published 2016-06-13 · 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

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
42.1	Affected	—
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
16.04	Affected	—
15.10	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`45.2.0esr-1`
sid	Fixed	`47.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`45.2.0esr-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`45.2.0esr-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`45.2.0esr-1`
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
mozilla	firefox	`{"endIncluding":"46.0.1"}`
mozilla	firefox	`45.1.0`
mozilla	firefox	`45.1.1`

References

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

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