CVE-2016-1959 is a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, specifically within the ServiceWorkerManager class. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a denial of service through an out-of-bounds read and memory corruption when using the Clients API. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, the vulnerability garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 44.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.