Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-1931
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to uninitialized memory encountered during brotli data compression, and other vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.057 (92.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.057 · newest: 0.057 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1931?
- CVE-2016-1931 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2016-01-31.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1931?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.