CVE-2016-1971

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

The I420VideoFrame::CreateFrame function in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows omits an unspecified status check, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 1315780: Mozilla: WebRTC and LibVPX vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2016-32)
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2016-1971

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

5.1

6.8

Attack Vector

Network

Network

Access Complexity

High

Medium

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Partial

Partial

Integrity Impact

Partial

Partial

Availability Impact

Partial

Partial

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Ronald Crane as the original reporter.

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