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CVE-2016-1972
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
High8.8EPSS 1.9%
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- mozilla
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1218124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 84220 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0731 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0733 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1035215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-201605-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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Record last updated .