CVE-2016-1966

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    CVE-2016-1966

    Published: 13 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and memory corruption) via a crafted NPAPI plugin.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215, http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/f0d2911a9a4e, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-31.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246054

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