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CVE-2016-5259
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-05T01:59:15.097 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:04.210

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a script that closes its own Service Worker within a nested sync event loop.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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