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.
EPSS: 0.029 (85.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
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.