CVE-2016-1957

Publication date 8 March 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Memory leak in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an MPEG-4 file that triggers a delete operation on an array.

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
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2934-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 27 April 2016

Other references