CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-5259.md

### [CVE-2016-5259](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5259)
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### Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a script that closes its own Service Worker within a nested sync event loop.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

#### Github
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