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CVE-2016-2828

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2828 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox before version 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating WebGL content to access textures after their recycle pool has been destroyed. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk, requiring user interaction but potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0302 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el7_2
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-2828Moderate

Mozilla: Use-after-free when textures are used in WebGL operations after recycle pool destruction (MFSA 2016-56)

Jun 8, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1217
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3600
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-56.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
securityfocus.com / bid/91075
securitytracker.com / id/1036057
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2993-1