Memory leak in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an MPEG-4 file that triggers a delete operation on an array.
Published 2016-03-13 18:59:07
Updated 2024-10-22 13:42:15
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Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2016-1957

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1957

0.74%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 81 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-1957

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.6
2.9
NIST
4.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
2.8
1.4
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-1957

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-1957

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