High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1972
CVE-2016-1972
Description
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=44.0.2
- (no CPE)range: <45.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/84220nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06nvd
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