CVE-2016-1973
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-03-13 18:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-20
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4be793e768952bac5567939b6007128b49ec6fbd7048528ebcae51c288ef7189
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0731http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2917-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-33.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0733http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- www.securitytracker.com1035215http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201605-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1219339
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2917-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2917-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.