CVE-2016-1966: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-1966 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 8Timeline
- 13-03-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.93%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.93% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mozilla2 products
- 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
- thunderbird≤ 38.6.0
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Debian1 product
- firefox-esr< 45.0esr-1
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.1
Oracle1 product
- linuxEOL5.0 | 6 | 7
5 vendors · 7 products
References
26 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Show all 26 references
- hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/f0d2911a9a4eX Refsource CONFIRM