CVE-2016-1951

Publication date 10 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.6 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Multiple integer overflows in io/prprf.c in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) before 4.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to a PR_*printf function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nspr 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:4.12-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 2:4.12-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:4.12-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nspr

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.6 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

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