CVE-2016-1951
nspr - security update
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.82%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-1951
To remediate CVE-2016-1951, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/firefox-esr—upgrade to 45.0esr-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.12-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u4 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.12-1+debu8u1 or later
Is CVE-2016-1951 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 45.0esr-1
- from 0, < 2:4.12-1
- from 0, < 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u4
- from 0, < 2:4.12-1+debu8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |