CVE-2016-1973 Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.0esr-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.31% (86th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOXESR-354326
- published 13 Mar 2016
- disclosed 13 Mar 2016
Introduced: 13 Mar 2016
CVE-2016-1973 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox-esr
to version 45.0esr-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr
package and not the firefox-esr
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1973
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-33.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1219339
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1973
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3