PT-2016-1445 · Google+2 · Libvpx+2

Q1 · Published 2016-03-08 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-1972

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0

Description The issue is related to a race condition in libvpx, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a use-after-free error, or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This is due to insufficient checking of resource state when the resource is shared. The exact vectors for exploitation are unknown.

Recommendations For versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to libvpx until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00746

CVE-2016-1972

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0731-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0733-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

Affected Products

Firefox

Suse

Libvpx

References · 910

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1972 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00746 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1972 · Vendor Advisory
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