CVE-2016-1975

Description

Multiple race conditions in dom/media/systemservices/CamerasChild.cpp in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Category

6.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.56%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230768
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84220 vdb entry
http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/bafc86c12e63
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1975?
CVE-2016-1975 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1975?
To fix CVE-2016-1975, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1975 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1975 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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