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CVE-2016-1972

Publication date 13 March 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
libvpx 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
thunderbird 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

may affect libvpx

chrisccoulson

Windows only, according to Mozilla advisory

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
libvpx

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
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