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CVE-2016-1976 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DesktopDisplayDevice class in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/13/2016

Evaluator Description

CWE-416: Use After Free

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.4
Exploitability Score: 2.1

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): Low

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84220
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1176340
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1976
NVD Published Date:
03/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
12/02/2016