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CVE-2016-1933 json

Integer overflow in the image-deinterlacing functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi…

published 2016-01-31 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3022

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the image-deinterlacing functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted GIF image.

Patch / fix

  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1933

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-1933 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: Out of Memory crash when parsing GIF format images (MFSA 2016-02)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox, thunderbird
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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