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critical 9.8

CVE-2016-1946 json

The MoofParser::Metadata function in binding/MoofParser.cpp in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 does not limit the size of rea…

published 2016-01-31 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3035

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The MoofParser::Metadata function in binding/MoofParser.cpp in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 does not limit the size of read operations, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted metadata.

Patch / fix

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1946

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

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-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-2016-1946 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Unsafe memory manipulation found through code inspection (MFSA 2016-10)

  • 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

5.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-189 Numeric Errors

References

Sources

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