CVE-2016-1972
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers...
8.8 HighFix available
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
1.91%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-1972- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-1972- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3061 No score
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3061- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cx3x-8cg7-v23q
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers...
Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
GHSA-cx3x-8cg7-v23q- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 No score
MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 50.1.0-1.1 | 50.1.0-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1972 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Mozilla Firefox, published March 13, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.91%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in MozillaFirefox 50.1.0-1.1.
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1218124
securityfocus.com/bid/84220
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html
securitytracker.com/id/1035215
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security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1972
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx3x-8cg7-v23q
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5913
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