CVE-2016-1972

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201605-06

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Condición de carrera en libvpx en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 en Windows podría permitir a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (uso después de liberación de memoria) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de vectores desconocidos.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Firefox, Thunderbird, Network Security Services (NSS), and NetScape Portable Runtime (NSPR) with the worst of which may allow remote execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 4.12 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-20 CVE Reserved
2016-03-13 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84220	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1218124	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html	2016-12-03
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html	2016-12-03
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html	2016-12-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	2016-12-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"	<= 44.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 44.0.2"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe