CVE-2016-1972

NameCVE-2016-1972
DescriptionRace 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvpx (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.3.0-3+deb8u5fixed
stretch (security)1.6.1-3+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.6.1-3+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.7.0-3+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.9.0-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1.12.0-1+deb12u3fixed
sid, trixie1.15.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
iceweaselsource(unstable)(not affected)
libvpxsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- iceweasel <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- libvpx <not-affected> (Windows-specific)

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