High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-1963
CVE-2016-1963
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06nvd
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