UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1951

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1951

    Published: 10 Jun 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1951

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in io/prprf.c in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) before 4.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to a PR_*printf function.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1951, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.tech.nspr/dV4MyMsg6jw, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3028-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3023-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1951

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nspr

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nspr@2:4.12-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.12-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1
    2:4.9.5-1ubuntu2

    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