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CVE-2016-5258

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 3.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-5258
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.26%
Firefox

Original Filing — NVD Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC socket thread in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging incorrect free operations on DTLS objects during the shutdown of a WebRTC session.