CVE-2016-1951

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1951
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-07 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.6 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.6HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3023-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Mailing List
nspr: changeset 4662:96381e3aaae27d50ddd877451c0b31d260c59931 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.mozilla.org
Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime CVE-2016-1951 Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Netscape Portable Runtime API Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
1174015 - (CVE-2016-1951) Overflow in prprf/GrowStuff can cause memory-safety bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
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