CVE-2016-1951

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 High 8.6
Description
Multiple integer overflows in io/prprf.c in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) before 4.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to a PR_*printf function.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-1951
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-07T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T20:02:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:netscape_portable_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.11
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.6
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=mozilla.dev.tech.nspr/dV4MyMsg6jw/hhWcXOgJDQAJ Mailing List
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/rev/96381e3aaae2
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1174015 Issue Tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3023-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92385
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036590
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1951
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1951
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:05:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:49:43 2016-08-07T19:59Z 2016-08-07T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:49:43 2016-11-28T20:02:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:49:43 Modified Vulnerability Status updated