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CVE-2016-1966

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-08	mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2016-1966 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-1966
Phase	Assigned(20160120)

Description

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

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/f0d2911a9a4e
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-31.html
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246054
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2016:0894