CVE-2016-1972
Published: 13 March 2016
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | may affect libvpx |
| chrisccoulson | Windows only, according to Mozilla advisory |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(45.0)
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
libvpx Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(windows-specific)
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(windows-specific)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(windows-specific)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/mozilla/system-addons/commit/168bcdfbd549f1460fc2c878377719e12c2fa133 |
||
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
|
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |