CVE-2016-1963

Publication date 8 March 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Description

The FileReader class in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by changing a file during a FileReader API read operation.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.4 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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