UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1973

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1973

    Published: 8 Mar 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1973
    Aliases:
    USN-2917-1

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the GetStaticInstance function in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1973, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-33/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1219339, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2917-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1973

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    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