CVE-2016-1963

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    CVE-2016-1963

    Published: 13 Mar 2016Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238440

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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