CVE-2016-1966

high

Published 2016-03-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and memory corruption) via a crafted NPAPI plugin.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.1	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`
sid	Fixed	`45.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`45.0esr-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
mozilla	firefox	`{"endIncluding":"44.0.2"}`
mozilla	firefox	`38.0`
mozilla	firefox	`38.0.1`
mozilla	firefox	`38.0.5`
mozilla	firefox	`38.1.0`
mozilla	firefox	`38.1.1`
mozilla	firefox	`38.2.0`
mozilla	firefox	`38.2.1`
mozilla	firefox	`38.3.0`
mozilla	firefox	`38.4.0`
mozilla	firefox	`38.5.0`
mozilla	firefox	`38.5.1`
mozilla	firefox	`38.6.0`
mozilla	firefox	`38.6.1`
mozilla	thunderbird	`{"endIncluding":"38.6.0"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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