CVE-2016-1963
Mozilla Firefox FileReader Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 13, 2016, 6:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 3, 2016, 3:23 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.4
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-1963 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:44.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Mar. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Translation FileReader en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 permite a usuarios locales ganar privilegios o causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) a través del cambio de archivo durante una operación de lectura FileReader API. Added Translation La clase FileReader en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios o causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) a través del cambio de archivo durante una operación de lectura de la API FileReader.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1963 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1963
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.14 }} 0.00%
score
0.47256
percentile