CVE-2016-1957

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 18
Modified
Published: 13 Mar 2016, 18:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
17/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.36% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Mar 2016, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an MPEG-4 file that triggers a delete operation on an array.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.36%• Percentile: 58%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • mozilla•firefox

    ≤ 44.0.2 | 38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | 38.3.0 | 38.4.0 | 38.5.0 | 38.5.1 | 38.6.0 | 38.6.1

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    ≤ 38.6.0

  • novell•suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise

    12

  • opensuse•leap

    42.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

  • oracle•linux

    5.0 | 6 | 7

References (22)