CVE-2016-1963

MEDIUM

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238440

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-03-13

Modified: 2016-12-03

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.4

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.4

Severity: HIGH