{"id":"USN-3111-1","summary":"firefox vulnerabilities","details":"A use-after-free was discovered in service workers. If a user were tricked\nin to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially\nexploit this to cause a denial of service via program crash, or execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5287)\n\nIt was discovered that web content could access information in the HTTP\ncache in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this\nto obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5288)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:29:43.786298Z","published":"2016-10-27T20:18:01Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5287","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5288"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-5287","CVE-2016-5288","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5287","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5288"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3111-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5287"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5288"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"firefox","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["24.0+build1-0ubuntu1","25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1","28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2","28.0+build1-0ubuntu1","28.0+build2-0ubuntu1","28.0+build2-0ubuntu2","29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","41.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","binary_name":"firefox"},{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","binary_name":"firefox-globalmenu"},{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","binary_name":"firefox-mozsymbols"},{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","binary_name":"firefox-testsuite"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3111-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5287","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-5288","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"firefox","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"}]}],"versions":["41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1","42.0+build2-0ubuntu1","44.0+build3-0ubuntu2","44.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1","44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1","45.0+build2-0ubuntu1","45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1","45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1","46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","binary_name":"firefox"},{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","binary_name":"firefox-globalmenu"},{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","binary_name":"firefox-mozsymbols"},{"binary_version":"49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","binary_name":"firefox-testsuite"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3111-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5287","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-5288","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}