CVE-2016-1972

Published: Mar 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox

Mozilla

1 product

Firefox

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 44.0.2

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

References (14)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84220

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1218124

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html