8.8

CVE-2016-1973: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1973DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1973
Published 13-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1973 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.98%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1RHSA-2016:0373USN-2917-1

Timeline

  1. 13-03-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in the GetStaticInstance function in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.98%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.98% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.98%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • firefox-esr< 45.0esr-1
Mozilla1 product
Oracle1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

4 vendors · 4 products

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