CVE-2016-1963 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The FileReader class in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by changing a file during a FileReader API read operation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
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/mfsa2016-26.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238440
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1963
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1963
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-03-13T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:49.401Z

Reserved: 2016-01-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1963

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-03-13T18:59:12.770

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1963

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1963 - Bugzilla

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