CVE-2016-1966 (GCVE-0-2016-1966)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
20 references
Date Public
2016-03-08 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
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