CVE-2016-1963

low-risk

Published 2016-03-13

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.

Do I need to act?

0.07% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.4/10 High

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Firefox

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (18)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

Vendor Advisory http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238440

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06