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Debian: CVE-2016-1951: firefox-esr, nspr -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-1951: firefox-esr, nspr -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/07/2016
Modified
08/07/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • debian-upgrade-nspr

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