Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-1966
The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and memory corruption) via a crafted NPAPI plugin.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Oracle Linux — versions 5.0, 6, 7
- openSUSE — versions 13.1
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-31.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1966?
- CVE-2016-1966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1966?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.