CVE-2016-1951

HIGH

Mozilla NSPR <4.12 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92385
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036590
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/rev/96381e3aaae2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1174015
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3023-1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0082
EPSS Percentile 74.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/netscape_portable_runtime < 4.11
Published Aug 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026