CVE-2016-1931

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1931
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-31 18:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to uninitialized memory encountered during brotli data compression, and other vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 10 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary10CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1209546 – (CVE-2016-1978) Potential UAF in ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof the Address Bar, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
1209366 - MSan: use-of-uninitialized-value ReadHuffmanCode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1209365 - MSan: use-of-uninitialized-value in ReadSymbol (decode.c:120) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1207298 - MSan: use-of-uninitialized-value in ReadHuffmanCode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0306-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
1180064 - Crash [@ PodAssign<js::jit::Pool>] with OOM af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0309-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
1209358 - Valgrind: Use of uninitialised value BrotliDecompress (decode.c:964) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1209368 - MSan: use-of-uninitialized-value in DecodeVarLenUint8 (decode.c:81) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
USN-2880-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
1229825 - AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow in mozilla::image::Deinterlacer::PropagatePassToDownscaler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1231121 - Crash in skia::ConvolveHorizontally_SSE2 skia::ConvolveHorizontally mozilla::image::Downscaler::CommitRow mozilla::image::nsGIFDecoder2::OutputRow mozilla::image::nsGIFDecoder2::DoLzw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1234576 - UAF in ReturnSSRC() (in MutexAutoLock::MutexAutoLock) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1222015 - crash in nsAutoCompleteController::ProcessResult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1206675 - Assertion failure: isObject(), at ../../dist/include/js/Value.h:1237 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1186973 - Crash [@ strlen] with evaluate and bytecache af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
USN-2880-2: Firefox regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Mozilla Firefox MFSA 2016-01 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:44.0 / rv:38.6) — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
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