CVE-2016-1966 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

9 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla ThunderbirdOpensuse+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 13
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox44.0.2+13
▶NVDoracle/linux5.0, 6, 7+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m8wx-7rr9-rfp5: The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-1966: The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime↗2016-03-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1966: The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime↗2016-03-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2016-04-27
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-03-09
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Memory corruption with malicious NPAPI plugin (MFSA 2016-31)↗2016-03-08
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Debian
CVE-2016-1966: firefox - The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp ...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1966 Mozilla: Memory corruption with malicious NPAPI plugin (MFSA 2016-31)↗2016-03-08
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