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title: "CVE-2016-2828\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-2828

Publication date 8 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2828?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR
45.x before 45.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
WebGL content that triggers texture access after destruction of the
texture's recycle pool.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| thunderbird | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2828)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2828)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-2828)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2828)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2993-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2993-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 9 June 2016

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-56/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2828>